We have concluded the 1st meeting of the Ad Hoc Expert Group (AHEG) for drafting the Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology by UNESCO. It was such an amazing experience to go through the intensive week of discussion and drafting with fantastic group of people!…

Amazing week UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 and now, can’t wait to hug my littles at home.

✨Congratulations to Duke University Prof. Nita Farahany on being a new member of the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Ad Hoc Expert Group drafting recommendations on neurotechnology ethics! It's fantastic to see your commitment to promoting AI and tech for positive impact - a top priority for the 🇺🇸!
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After #AiEthics , the new tech frontier is #NeuroEthics !

UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 has just launched the development of a Recommendation on the Ethics of #Neurotechnology with top experts in the field.

Learn how this global standard will tackle issues like #NeuroData : unesco.org/en/ethics-neur…

Let's prioritize #NeuroEthics ! At UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, we have convened top experts to start crafting a groundbreaking Recommendation on the Ethics of #Neurotechnology . This vital framework will guide companies & governments to pave the way for responsible #neurotech !
unesco.org/en/articles/et…

A panel on #neurorights at the Int. Neuroethics Society (International Neuroethics Society) annual meeting in Baltimore earlier today highlighted various problems w current #neurorights activism, esp. from Latin American perspectives, severe democratic deficits, 'legislating in a hasty manner' 1/

Each time I get on a plane, I feel extraordinary #MomGuilt . I love my work and the opportunities to have an #impact . But it’s hard to leave my children, and it’s even harder knowing it’s hard on them.

Looks like now Friday. Hopefully morning, before the conference ends. Why is it so hard to ship books from the US to Canada?

Important white paper 👇

post panel group photo⚡️
epic chat!
#BrainsBytesBeing

⁦TED Talks⁩ kicks off tomorrow - I’m super happy to be back in sunny Vancouver 🍁 I’ll be discussing consciousness, AI, and neurotech on Tuesday 1:45pm w/ ⁦Nita Farahany⁩ ⁦Conor Russomanno⁩ & AC Koppens #BrainsBytesBeing

New study in @PNAS reveals how #fMRI and #AI can be used to predict what we think and feel about our #thoughts . How does this affect #mentalhealth and #mentalprivacy ?
linkedin.com/posts/nitafara…

#ThinkingFreely #metacognition

A trailblazer? I'm honored to be considered one!

Charting a path to think freely in the digital age is a crucial path to blaze for human flourishing. Duke Law Duke News Duke University

100.duke.edu/story/nita-far…

4:45 am car to the airport was a no-show & no Uber or Lyft in the town. Across from my hotel I spied an airline crew boarding a shuttle. Ran over and asked if I could bum a ride. Turns out they were the crew for my americanair flight. Friendly in the skies and on the ground!

For anyone blasé about science, take a moment to ponder the amazingness of this: people across huge swathes of Mexico, the US, Canada and elsewhere, will soon see the sun turn into THIS. And it will happen at exactly the moment, to the very second, that science predicts.…