Unesco Adopts Global Standards On 'Wild West' Field of Neurotechnology (theguardian.com) 14
Unesco has adopted the first global ethical standards for neurotechnology, defining "neural data" and outlining more than 100 recommendations aimed at safeguarding mental privacy. "There is no control," said Unesco's chief of bioethics, Dafna Feinholz. "We have to inform the people about the risks, the potential benefits, the alternatives, so that people have the possibility to say 'I accept, or I don't accept.'" The Guardian reports: She said the new standards were driven by two recent developments in neurotechnology: artificial intelligence (AI), which offers vast possibilities in decoding brain data, and the proliferation of consumer-grade neurotech devices such as earbuds that claim to read brain activity and glasses that track eye movements.
The standards define a new category of data, "neural data," and suggest guidelines governing its protection. A list of more than 100 recommendations ranges from rights-based concerns to addressing scenarios that are -- at least for now -- science fiction, such as companies using neurotechnology to subliminally market to people during their dreams. "Neurotechnology has the potential to define the next frontier of human progress, but it is not without risks," said Unesco's director general, Audrey Azoulay. The new standards would "enshrine the inviolability of the human mind," she said.
The standards define a new category of data, "neural data," and suggest guidelines governing its protection. A list of more than 100 recommendations ranges from rights-based concerns to addressing scenarios that are -- at least for now -- science fiction, such as companies using neurotechnology to subliminally market to people during their dreams. "Neurotechnology has the potential to define the next frontier of human progress, but it is not without risks," said Unesco's director general, Audrey Azoulay. The new standards would "enshrine the inviolability of the human mind," she said.
And hopefully general collection too (Score:3)
M$ is now gleefully collecting up everyone's actions on the desktop and sending them off for automatic psychological evaluation.
Re: And hopefully general collection too (Score:1)
We've almost reached the point where satire === reality so don't worry about it :-)
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The so-called "far left" of the Democratic Party today would be milquetoast centrists in most of the rest of the world, while the "mainstream" Democrats would range from center-right to right wing. Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan were too liberal to be allowed to be the Democratic presidential candidate today.
Good luck with that (Score:3)
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This is very much like the prohibitions being put up against human genetic manipulation and cloning, if it's prohibited in the US rich prospective parents will just go for "vacation" to a clinic in Paraguay or Bora Bora. That won't last long though, it's rapidly becoming so cheap and easy that they're already doing it for farm animals, it won't be long before public outcry allows it for all since no one wants their child to be the dumbest, weakest, ugliest, sickest kid in their class. The US will almost c
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Any country that respects these conditions will soon fall behind those who don't.
Fall behind in what? The race to the bottom of the ethical barrel? Apologies to Gary Larsen for borrowing a couple of his characters to illustrate my point. Thag was an optimist; Thog was a pragmatist. Thag sharpened the first stick to bring down dinner. Thog used the same stick to bring down Thag and take his cave. Both sets of genes made it through natural selection because competition works in a world with limited calories and no Geneva Conventions.
The problem is, that’s not the world we live i
Neuralink/Cybertruck (Score:2)
I'm waiting for a Neuralink interface to the Cybertruck, then I'll get both and my conversion to Borg will have begun!
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Borg?! As if Elon is interested in creating the ultimate communist society..
No, be a good little drone and join the line for the Nerve Stapler.
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Ad-blocker (PRO) for dreams in 3,2,1.
I suppose having the capacity for lucid dreaming will allow a section of society to resist buying stuff in dream ads.
Perhaps we can have an app which projects dream-sheep jumping over a fence as a sleep-aid?