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PODCAST CURATOR’S NAME: Oliver Armitage, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer at BIOS

WHY THIS THEME?: Technology has made us into superhumans on the outside, but so far has had little impact inside the human body. How are technologies like AI being applied and incorporated into the human body to improve our health and what does it mean for us?

MONDAY: The Reith Lectures – The Century of the System: Dr. Atul Gawande –42 minutes

TUESDAY: University of Oxford Podcasts Is AI Good for Our Health? –47 minutes

WEDNESDAY: The Daily – The Ethics of Genetically Editing Babies – 24 minutes

THURSDAY: GeekWire– Using Tech to Kill Cancer – 21 minutes

FRIDAY: The AI Podcast by NVIDIA – Connecting AI to the Nervous System –20 minutes


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SHAMELESS PROMO: My company BIOS is enabling AI-based healthcare treatments on organs and nerve systems throughout the body to improve health and lives. We use neuroscience, machine learning, software engineering, applied biomaterials, and the experience of our biotechnologists to develop open standard neural interfaces – the hardware and software connection between the human nervous system and AI. 

CROWDSOURCING QUESTION: Would you implant a pacemaker-type device in your body to enhance your health?

HASHTAG FOR DISCUSSION:#UgradingHumans