Is Technology Improving the Human Condition? with guest Alfarin Bellasario

Can we hold on to our humanity and still reap the benefits of artificial intelligence? Dr. Dravon James talks with Afarin Bellisario! Listen as she discusses her new novel Silenced Whispers. Silenced Whispers is the story of an Iranian woman’s battle for freedom—hers and her country’s—and love amid profound social change, imperial power grabs, and the chaos of WWI. In over three decades of professional experience, Dr. Bellisario has held executive strategy, marketing, and technical positions with major firms such as Intel, Analog Devices, BBN (Raytheon), Booz-Allan and Hamilton, as well as MIT and a number startups. Most recently she managed MIT’s portfolio in Electronics, Communications, and Semiconductors encompassing over 500 inventions, where she licensed over 80 patents and cases in a span of 3 years. credits to iawfoundation.org  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices