This unit returns to neuromorphic computing to ground it technically, connecting BRAID’s mechanisms to the imaginaries, materiality, thresholds, opacity, baselines, edge AI, and accountability questions raised earlier in the course.

You will then work through a full anticipatory case-study exercise: mapping deployment conditions, domains, and scenarios, and applying governance frameworks to a technology before its uses are settled, using anticipatory governance and historical comparisons such as Asilomar and the EU AI Act.

Fall 2026 dates: Thu, Nov 19 - Tue, Nov 24 (includes Thanksgiving Break, Nov 26)

Meeting sequence:

1. What Is Technically Different About Neuromorphic Computing?
2. How Can We Govern an Emerging Technology Before Its Uses Are Settled?

By the end of this unit, you should be able to explain what is technically distinctive about neuromorphic computing and practice anticipatory governance on a technology whose uses are still being decided.