Sep 23
Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA
TicketsDr. Nataliya Kos’myna
Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group; Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google
Wall-E— Your brain on ChatGPT
Program Description
Do AI tools like ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? Before the film, MIT Media Lab research scientist Dr. Nataliya Kos'myna will share how findings from her recent study “Your Brain on ChatGPT” echo this beloved Pixar classic’s warnings about the dangers of overreliance on automation. Read more about Dr. Kos’myna’s study here.
Film Synopsis
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
In the distant future, Earth is overrun with garbage and devoid of plant and animal life. The surviving humans live on the spaceship Axiom after vacating the planet hundreds of years earlier. The original plan was for humans to live in outer space for five years while waste-cleaning robots ("WALL-Es") prepared Earth for re-colonization. However, centuries later, just one WALL-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) remains. Lonely, with only a pet cockroach to keep him company, WALL-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search probe named EVE (Elissa Knight). EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL-E chases EVE across the galaxy on a journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. Produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures, WALL-E won the Academy Award for Best Animated feature.
Credit: Disney
About the Speaker
Dr. Nataliya Kos’myna is a Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group and a Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google. She has over 15 years of experience in developing and designing end-to-end brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Coming from a background in artificial intelligence, neuroscience and human-computer interaction (HCI), she is passionate about the idea of creating a partnership between AI and human intelligence, a fusion of the machine with the human brain.
Nataliya obtained her Ph.D in 2015 in the domain of non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) as a part of EHCI team of Université Grenoble-Alpes, France. Most of her projects are focused around BCIs in the context of consumer grade applications. Before joining MIT Media Lab - Fluid Interfaces group in 2017, she was a post-doc at Hybrid team (VR/AR), Inria Rennes, France. Nataliya is a public speaker, author of multiple research papers and reviewer of numerous professional journals and conferences. Dr. Kosmyna often collaborates with teams from Boston Dynamics, Microsoft Research, NASA. Dr. Kosmyna’s solutions are successfully deployed in the classrooms, hospitals, workspaces, aerospace, Lower Earth Orbit, and on the Moon. These projects are also presented to general public and were tested by more than 15000 people in 2015-2024. Nataliya won multiple awards for her work, among which is L’Oréal-UNESCOWomen in Science award she received in 2016. Nataliya was also named as one of 10 Top French Talent 2017 from MIT Innovators Under 35.