4 Ways Our Data is Used After We Die | WIRED

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4 Ways Our Data is Used After We Die | WIRED

This WIRED interview between Joshua Sariñana and Sinead Bowell explores the digital afterlife. They discuss the interplay between neuroscience, technology, and memory, discussing how advancements in understanding and manipulating memories could impact science, medicine, and identity. Joshua Sariñana highlights the potential of technologies like AI and neurotechnologies to reconstruct, externalize, and even upload memories, raising ethical concerns about privacy, equity, and data bias. He emphasizes the role of memories in shaping identity and reality, suggesting that disruptions in memory systems, such as in depression or trauma, influence mental health. Sariñana also connects his neuroscience background to his artistic practice, advocating for interdisciplinary collaboration to address societal issues and increase representation in science and technology. While acknowledging the risks of technological misuse, he underscores the importance of empowering individuals through scientific literacy and fostering inclusive innovation.

Joshua Sariñana

Joshua Sariñana, PhD, obtained his degrees in neuroscience at the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed his doctoral thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sariñana’s multi-disciplinary art projects bridge art, science, and media. He has received several grants for his art projects, exhibited his work nationally and internationally, and has received numerous awards for his photographic work.

He combines his science communications background with his neuroscience and art practice. Sariñana has provided his expertise to WIRED Magazine, MIT Technology Review, MIT News, and as an invited speaker for the Neurohumanities series at Trinity College in Dublin.

http://joshuasarinana.com/
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