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How our brains will keep up with AI

Bruno Michel • TED@IBM

Since humanity first imagined the reality of intelligent machines, we've been afraid that they'll overpower us one day. Bruno Michel shares a more optimistic view: by investing in our mental fitness -- through studying Latin, doing yoga or even tap dancing -- we can increase our likelihood of staying competitive with sophisticated AI.

Since humanity first imagined the reality of intelligent machines, we've been afraid that they'll overpower us one day. Bruno Michel shares a more optimistic view: by investing in our mental fitness -- through studying Latin, doing yoga or even tap dancing -- we can increase our likelihood of staying competitive with sophisticated AI.

About the speaker

Bruno Michel

Bruno Michel

Brain fitness advocate

Bruno is a Distinguished Researcher and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He has worked to make computers more compact, efficient and powerful using bionic or bioinspired concepts bringing forth major positive impacts on the information and energy industries. He is a leading cross-disciplinary innovator both at the level of scientific breakthroughs as well as at an applied technological level. He is currently leading an effort that brings sensing, computing, and artificial or augmented intelligence much closer to humans thereby making it much more valuable and useful.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

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