CTT Week 4
Source 4- Artificial Memories on Criminal Remission This video introduces a new way to help criminals do their time in prison for a crime they committed called "Cognify." Cognify is made to create and implant artificial memories directly into the prisoner's brain. These memories are meant to be complex, vivid, and lifelike, with the goal of making the prisoner feel ashamed, remorseful, and empathetic. The artificial memories would be seamlessly incorporated into the existing neural networks of the brain. Cognify would slow the brain's perception of time down, so that a prisoner only has to be there for a couple of minutes, but they would feel like they were there and feel their new memories for a lot longer. Memories are designed to trigger empathy and remorse to the offenders so that they feel different when they walk out of the prision. This idea also could be useful for patients with alzheimer's disease, allowing them to help remember certain things that are ...