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When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy? | Nita Farahany
Tech that can decode your brain activity and reveal what you're thinking and feeling is on the horizon, says legal scholar and ethicist Nita Farahany. What will it mean for our already violated sense of privacy? In a cautionary talk, Farahany warns of a society where people are arrested for merely thinking about committing a crime (like in "Minority…
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We can already use technology to decode the person's mood with EEG technology.
With the advancements in neuroscience and artificial intelligence, it is only a matter of time till all our thoughts would be able to be extracted without our consent.
Should that even be an option?
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Instead of trying to restrict the flow of this information, we should focus on securing right and remedies against misuse. It is inevitable that someone is going to try and access our brain information, but what they are and are not allowed to do with it is going to be the key to the future.
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