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The Enhanced Human: Risks and Opportunities
May 21, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Monday, May 21, 2018, 6:00 PM – 9:25 PM
The New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St Fl 40, New York
As we move deeper into the 21st century, human enhancement technologies are being developed at an increasingly rapid pace. Efforts to temporarily or permanently overcome limitations of the human body and mind now include bionic and prosthetic technologies, brain-computer interfaces, neurotechnologies, and nootropics. Advances in artificial intelligence are breathtaking. Another dramatic development in the last decade is gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9, enabling us to not only manipulate human biology, but also to potentially dictate our evolutionary future.
The New York Academy of Sciences, together with the Aspen Brain Institute, and The Hastings Center, will bring together scientists, ethicists, philosophers, historians, and other experts, for an evening public event. The Enhanced Human: Risks and Opportunities will examine existing and emerging enhancement technologies, with a special focus on gene editing and artificial intelligence, as examples of technologies with broad capabilities and ethical concerns. Panelists will provide an historical perspective, scientific background, and will delve into the ethical and social questions still to be addressed.
This event will be available via Livestream, and archived in perpetuity on the Academy’s Livestream Channel. For full details, and to view the Livestream, please follow the link below:
https://livestream.com/newyorkacademyofsciences/enhancedhuman