On the TED Radio Hour, Law Professor Nita Farahani says brain sensors may soon be able to read our inner most thoughts.

A world where what you're feeling can be decoded using AI and neuro-ology. And that comes with huge risks. If we don't have

safeguards in place what it means to flourish as a human may suddenly not be

our own. Brain hacks that's on the Ted Radio Hour from NPR.

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Hey, this is Jeff Guo.

Today's show is a rerun of an episode that first ran in 2015.

Enjoy!

All right, Robert, this is really exciting. We're in Midtown Manhattan right across from Bryant Park,

and I want to try an experiment which has asked

people to name off the top of their head as many mid-sized sedans as they know.

Audi A7, BMW 5 series, Ford Focus, Kia Spectra, Chevy and Paula, Dodge Charger, and

BMW X5, BMW X3, the 4 series, 435s, and Nissan Ultima.

Okay, I get it, like the answer sort of run the gamut, like we have foreign cars,

American cars, lots of different cars.

Exactly, but let's start something a little less easy. cars, lots of different cars. Exactly.

But let's start something a little less easy.

Let's ask some of these people how many pickup trucks

they can name.

Pick up trucks.

Pickup trucks.

Ford F-150s.

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