About this episode

The episode discusses MIT's research on digital copies of the human mind and the implications of engineering a controllable brain.

With digital copies of the human mind, scientists at MIT now have a new kind of testing ground --- a brain they can probe, no surgery required. It's to study how we remember, how we learn, and even how language begins. But if this mind is built—not born— are we studying the brain or engineering a version we can finally control? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Topics covered

• digital mind
• brain engineering
• memory
• learning
• language acquisition

Keywords

• digital copies
• human mind
• brain study
• memory
• language

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MIT

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