Big Picture Science: Outside of Our Minds
Since humans
first chiseled marks into stone, we have externalized our thoughts and ideas.
Our tools may have evolved—now we clack away at computer keyboards—but written
communication remains a bedrock of modern society. Now that the pace of
information creation is exponentially increasing with the advent of artificial
intelligence, many are asking what the next frontier of human communication may
look like. We look at how we got here, where the latest tools are
headed—including brain-machine-interface—and how our brains and culture may be
altered in the process.
Guests:
- Alex Bentley – professor of anthropology, archeology, and computational social science at University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and co-author of “Collaborators Through Time: How Humans Partnered with Nature, Technology, and Each Other”
- Michael O’Brien – anthropologist at the Texas A&M University, San Antonio, and co-author of “Collaborators Through Time: How Humans Partnered with Nature, Technology, and Each Other”
- Tom Mullaney – professor of Chinese history at Stanford University, and author of “The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age”
- Betts Peters – Brain computer interface researcher at Oregon Health and Science University, treasurer of the Brain Computer Interface Society
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