ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY (from https://www.iamhumanfilm.com/)

Winner of six awards and four “best feature” honors following its premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, I AM HUMAN chronicles the emotional journeys of three real-world humans on the frontlines of receiving jaw-dropping implantable brain interfaces – a paraplegic, blind retiree, and an artist struggling with Parkinson’s.

Through their deeply personal struggles, questions arise: will the same technology that cures disease lead to super human abilities, telepathic communication, and cognitive enhancement? How soon will this technology be on our front doorstep? And as humanity begins marching down a new evolutionary path… are we ready?

From the research lab to the operating table, I AM HUMAN unpacks the emerging complexity and real world possibilities of research that challenges the very essence of what it means to be human. 

 

MODERATOR

Sara Goering, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Core Faculty, Program on Ethics and Disability Studies Program
Ethics Thrust Leader, Center for Neurotechnology
University of Washington, Seattle

 

PANELISTS

Demba Ba, PhD
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

I. Glenn Cohen, JD
Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law
Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics
Harvard Law School

Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, MGH Neurology
Neurocritical Care and Stroke Divisions, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Senior Lecturer on Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Engineering, Brown University
Director, Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, Rehabilitation Research & Development Service, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Providence RI.

 

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