{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/683f0798c966cde736234a29/69bbb888edd75dfcb7165dc0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How dating an AI could improve your real love life | David Eagleman","description":"<p>Having an AI boyfriend or girlfriend might seem creepy, but what if it helped you get better at human relationships?&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode, we talk with David Eagleman, a professor of neuroscience at Stanford, bestselling author, and science communicator. We discuss how AI and other technologies can help us become better humans – wiser, kinder and more empathetic, not just more productive. We get a neuroscientist’s take on how human and artificial intelligence interact, including:</p><ul><li>How to use AI to better understand other people and improve our relationships.</li><li>Using debate AIs in schools to make younger generations better at critical thinking and grasping both sides of an argument.</li><li>Is AI making our lives too easy by removing the friction we need to learn?</li><li>Technologies that could expand what’s possible with our brain, from mind uploading to brain-to-brain communication.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>0:00 Cold open</p><p>1:38 How David Eagleman became a neuroscientist</p><p>4:46 How malleable is the brain?</p><p>6:29 Can AI make us better humans? The Reddit debate bot experiment</p><p>11:00 AI relationships and becoming better at dating real people</p><p>14:24 Using AI to hear his late father's voice again</p><p>18:26 Mind uploading and digital immortality</p><p>23:27 What technology could make us more kind and empathetic</p><p>24:04 How AI could revolutionize debate education and critical thinking</p><p>28:30 Why AI needs a \"tough love\" mode to help us grow</p><p>30:17 Does AI making life easier rob us of useful friction for learning?</p><p>34:21 Why brain-to-brain communication probably won't help us understand each other</p><p>37:29 Could neurotechnology let us experience the world as another species?</p><p>41:58 The current state of neuroscience and where it's heading</p><p>48:05 How to get started if you're inspired by this conversation</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Foresight Institute"}