About this episode
Nita Farahany discusses the implications of mind-reading technology and its impact on privacy and workplace monitoring.
Your brain is the last place companies don’t have access to… yet. But that’s changing fast. Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy at Duke University and author of The Battle for Your Brain , explains why the sci-fi future of mind-reading technology is here, and already sitting on the shelves at Best Buy. Dexter talks to Nita about how AI is learning to decode your mental state, how employers are using neurotechnology to monitor workers, and why this might be our last chance to protect the one thing that’s still private: what’s actually going on inside your head. And be sure to listen through the end of the episode for a note from Dexter. Hit us up: killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc , or @killswitchpod on IG, or @dexdigi on IG or Bluesky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Dexter
Guest: Nita Farahany
Topics covered
- mind-reading technology
- neurotechnology
- AI
- privacy
- workplace monitoring
Keywords
- mind-reading
- neurotechnology
- AI
- privacy
- workplace monitoring
- mental state
- Duke University
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Duke University
Books & works: The Battle for Your Brain
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