Roundtables: Inside the Quest for Cognitive Immortality

Join a subscriber-only conversation exploring possible paths to keep your mind going. In an effort to reach an elusive continuity of the self, some far-thinking technologists are working on ways to keep your brain going--even beyond death. Join science editor Mary Beth Griggs and senior editor for biomedicine Antonio Regalado for a conversation exploring possible paths to keep your mind going, including gradual brain replacement and uploading our memories to the cloud. Technology that lets us "speak" to our dead relatives has arrived. "We were looking at it wrong": The explosive claim that's upended the AI world Will Douglas Heaven Don't be fooled by this summer of AI hype Timnit Gebru Emily M. Bender An AI "mind-reading" tool can reconstruct what you're looking at from a brain scan Jessica Hamzelou An AI "mind-reading" tool can reconstruct what you're looking at from a brain scan Scientists hope it could be used to reconstruct a person's inner thoughts, mental images, or even dreams. New studies pour cold water on a prominent rejuvenation idea.