NeuroTech and Artificial Intelligence

NeuroTechBOS is part of the NeuroTechX (http://neurotechx.com/) network, a global network of engineers, designers, scientists, and hackers devoted to discovering the countless mysteries of the human brain and nervous system!From medical to consumer devices, we'll talk about 'reading' and 'writing' the brain. (e.g. EEG, tDCS, TMS, DBS, ...) We'll discuss about the technology and science, but also its impact on our society and the ethics.From Hackers to Researchers, we want to provide a framework that will catalyze the growth of the neurotech enthusiasts network.If you call yourself a cyborg, neurohacker, neuroengineer, neurodesigner, a BCI evangelist, or if you want to learn what any/all of those words/phrases mean, come to our next event!

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UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS BEING CANCELLED DUE TO THE WINTER STORM AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED TO A LATER DATE
 
• Agenda: 6:30-7pm: Networking and beer 7-7:30pm: Kohitij Kar, PostDoc, DiCarlo Lab at MIT 7:30-8pm: Edmond Awad, PostDoc, Scalable Cooperation Group, MIT Media Lab 8-8:30pm: Networking and wrap-up
• Description: How does artificial intelligence help us understand the brain, and how are scientists using the brain to improve A.I.? How do you define criteria for good decision making in A.I.? Increasingly, researchers are drawing from neuroscientific models of thought and perception to improve A.I. reasoning and create more accurate models of the world.  • Speakers: Edmond Awad, PostDoc, Scalable Cooperation Group, MIT Media Lab Title: The Moral Machine Experiment: 40 Million Decisions and the Path to Universal Machine Ethics Description: Edmond’s work revolves around the Moral Machine, an internet-based serious game exploring the many-dimensional ethical dilemmas faced by autonomous vehicles. The game enabled him and his team to gather 40 million decisions from 2.5 million people in 230 countries/territories. Edmund reports the various preferences estimated from this data, and documents interpersonal differences in the strength of these preferences. He also reports cross-cultural ethical variation and uncovers major clusters of countries exhibiting substantial differences along key moral preferences. These differences correlate with modern institutions, but also with deep cultural traits. He’ll discuss how these three layers of preferences can help progress toward global, harmonious, and socially acceptable principles for machine ethics.
Kohitij Kar, PostDoc, DiCarlo Lab at MIT Title: Efficient dialogues between computer and biological vision Description: The deep learning revolution has launched a new era in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Kohitij will primarily discuss how current deep learning models in AI are helping us shape our understanding of the primate visual system. In addition, he will also discuss specific scenarios where primate vision vastly outperform the most advanced computer vision (CV) systems. A synergy between neuroscience and AI is thus beneficial to both communities.
 
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