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University of Southern California
University of Southern California
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
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Research
Research

AI Tropes and the Human Mind: A Neuroscience Perspective

ReHaB Core ⟩ CeNEC Lab ⟩

Principal Investigator: Lisa Aziz-Zadeh PhD

Co-Principal Investigator: Antonio Damasio (USC Dornsife Brain and Creativity Institute); Jonas Kaplan (USC Dornsife Brain and Creativity Institute)

Post-doctoral Fellow: Akila Kadambi (CeNEC Lab)

Start
Aug 2024

Total funding
$200,000

While the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), such as Google Bard and ChatGPT, will undoubtedly result in numerous benefits, it also brings growing concerns. The purpose of this proposal is to better understand some of the most commonly voiced of those concerns, and address a subset of them from the perspective of neurobiology in the form of experimental studies and analyses.

Funding

Type Source Amount
Private Google Faculty Research Award (competitive gift) $200,000