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Artificial intelligence helps scientists to measure human consciousness

18 March 2022

New research by brain and computer scientists from Korea University and Human Brain Project Partner University of Liège shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to quantify changes in consciousness during sleep, dreaming, anaesthesia, and coma. Their results were recently published in the journal Nature Communications.

Event recap: 6th HBP Student Conference on Interdisciplinary Brain Research

25 February 2022

From 22-25 February 2022, the 6th HBP Student Conference on Interdisciplinary Brain Research provided an inspiring open forum for collaboration among early-career researchers working in brain and brain-related research. 115 young scientists from 26 countries joined the second virtual edition of the HBP Student Conference and participated in a versatile scientific and social programme. With 79 % of participants coming from outside the HBP, the #HBPSC2022 proved to be a truly open and inclusive encounter and an important moment for young researchers to get together and exchange new ideas.

The neuroethics contribution to AI ethics and regulation

16 February 2022

The AI ethics research field is growing rapidly. So is the number of guidelines issued to provide operational recommendations to manage the ethical issues raised by AI design, development and implementation. In a recent Neuroethics publication, Michele Farisco, Kathinka Evers and Arleen Salles suggest some of the applied issues covered by these guidelines can in fact be properly assessed only on the basis of a preliminary conceptual analysis. And that embracing neuroethical methodology can help tackle the practical ethical challenges of AI.