David Eagleman on How an AI boyfriend or girlfriend can improve your real love life

Having an AI boyfriend or girlfriend might seem creepy, but what if it helped you get better at human relationships?

In this episode, we talk with David Eagleman, a professor of neuroscience at Stanford, bestselling author, and science communicator. We discuss how AI and other technologies can help us become better humans – wiser, kinder and more empathetic, not just more productive. We get a neuroscientist’s take on how human and artificial intelligence interact, including:

• How to use AI to better understand other people and improve our relationships.
• Using debate AIs in schools to make younger generations better at critical thinking and grasping both sides of an argument.
• Is AI making our lives too easy by removing the friction we need to learn?
• Technologies that could expand what’s possible with our brain, from mind uploading to brain-to-brain communication.