Five Ethical Challenges of Neuralink-like Brain Implants
Channel: Risk Bites
Date: 2020-11-23

Elon Musk’s Neuralink and other advanced brain computer interfaces have the potential to transform our lives for the better. But they also come with complex ethical challenges.

In this collaboration with Elma Hajric, Risk Bites dives into five ethical challenges associated with Neuralink-like advanced brain machine interfaces and explores what responsible innovation might look like for a "fitbit for the brain."

Elma is currently a PhD student in the Human and Social Dimension of Science and Technology program in Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society.

The video is part of Risk Bites series on Public Interest Technology - technology in the service of public good.


USEFUL LINKS

Neuralink: https://neuralink.com/

Neuralink’s Technology Is Impressive. Is It Ethical? (OneZero): https://onezero.medium.com/neuralinks-technology-is-impressive-is-it-ethical-812afb38b19e

The ethics of advanced brain machine interfaces — and why they matter: https://collegeofglobalfutures.asu.edu/blog/2020/10/15/the-ethics-of-advanced-brain-machine-interfaces-and-why-they-matter/

The Ethical and Responsible Development and Application of Advanced Brain Machine Interfaces (J Med Internet Res 2019;21(10):e16321): https://dx.doi.org/10.2196%2F16321

RISK BITES

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ANDREW MAYNARD
Professor Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and leading expert on risk and the ethical and socially responsible development and use of new technologies. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, serves as co-chair of the Institute for the Advancement of Nutrition and Food Science (IAFNS) Board of Trustees, is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research President’s Research Council, has served on a number of National Academies of Sciences committees, and has testified before congressional committees on several occasions.

As well as producing Risk Bites, Andrew’s work has appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post and Scientific American, to Slate, Salon, and OneZero. He co-hosts the podcasts Mission: Interplanetary and Future Rising, and is the author of the books Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow.    

Andrew received his PhD in aerosol dynamics from the University of Cambridge in 1993, and is currently a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and an Associate Dean in the ASU College of Global Futures.

More at http://andrewmaynard.net