Brain-reading tech is coming. The law is not ready to protect us:
https://www.vox.com/2019/8/30/20835137/facebook-zuckerberg-elon-musk-brain-mind-reading-neuroethics?fbclid=IwAR3I3jeLdi5DdEZxCLECH26R89IMXPPOgX1MJKdRZ6OkNfKirP6rLaIIqLc4 new rights we may need enshrined in law
Several countries are already pondering how to handle “neurorights.” In Chile, thanks in part to the advocacy of neuroscientist Rafael Yuste, the government agreed in October to provide official backing for a NeuroProtection agenda that would make brain data protection a human right.
1. The right to cognitive liberty
You should have the right to freely decide you want to use a given neurotechnology or to refuse it.
“There is already military-funded research to see if we can monitor decreases in attention levels and concentration, with hybrid BCIs that can ‘read’ deficits in attention levels and ‘write’ to the brain to increase alertness through neuromodulation. There are DARPA-funded projects that attempt to do so,” Ienca said, referring to the Defense Department’s advanced research agency.
2. The right to mental privacy
You should have the right to seclude your brain data or to publicly share it.
Ienca emphasized that neurotechnology has huge implications for law enforcement and government surveillance. “If brain-reading devices have the ability to read the content of thoughts,” he said, “in the years to come governments will be interested in using this tech for interrogations and investigations.”
3. The right to mental integrity
You should have the right not to be harmed physically or psychologically by neurotechnology.
BCIs equipped with a “write” function can enable new forms of brainwashing, theoretically enabling all sorts of people to exert control over our minds
4. The right to psychological continuity
You should have the right to be protected from alterations to your sense of self that you did not authorize.
