BI 049 Phillip Alvelda: Trustworthy Brain Machines




Brain Inspired show

Summary: Support the Podcast Phillip and I discuss his company Brainworks, which uses the latest neuroscience to build AI into its products. We talk about their first product, Ambient Biometrics, that measures vital signs using your smartphone's camera. We also dive into entrepreneurship in the AI startup world, ethical issues in AI and social media companies, his early days using neural networks at NASA, where he thinks this is all headed, and more. Show notes: His company, Brainworks.Follow Phillip on twitter: @alvelda.Here's a talk he gave: Building Synthetic Brains.A guest post on Rodney Brooks's blog: Pondering the Empathy Gap.