# TED Radio Hour: Your brain is the next tech frontier ## Overview **Authors:** NPR **Publication Date:** 26 January 2024 **Link:** **Keywords:** Brain-computer interfaces (BCI), Neurotechnology, Cognitive enhancement, Neuroethics, Mind-machine integration, Mental privacy **Type:** Audio/Podcast ## Summary We're stepping into a new era of brain monitoring and enhancement, raising profound ethical questions about merging our minds with machines. In this hour, TED speakers delve into the opportunities and challenges of this frontier. Joining the discussion are legal scholar and AI ethicist Nita Farahany, neurotechnologist and entrepreneur Conor Russomanno, neuroscientist and physician Sergiu Pașca, and sous chef Kate Faulkner. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://library.xrguild.org/neurotechnology-brain-tech-and-ethical-challenges/ted-radio-hour-your-brain-is-the-next-tech-frontier.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.