Four ethical priorities for neurotechnologies and AI
From: Nature - 11/08/2017
By: Jane E. Huggins, et al

Artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces must respect and
preserve people's privacy, identity, agency, and equality

Brain-computer interfaces and other neurotechnologies could revolutionize the
treatment of many conditions, from brain injury and paralysis to epilepsy and
schizophrenia, and transform human experience for the better. But the
technology could also exacerbate social inequalities and offer corporations,
hackers, governments or anyone else new ways to exploit and manipulate
people. And it could profoundly alter some core human characteristics:
private mental life, individual agency, and an understanding of individuals
as entities bound by their bodies.

It is crucial to consider the possible ramifications now.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.nature.com/news/four-ethical-priorities-for-neurotechnologies-and-ai-1.22960

Links:
A better way to crack the brain
https://www.nature.com/news/a-better-way-to-crack-the-brain-1.20935

Experts Call for Ethics Rules to Protect Privacy, Free Will as Brain Implants
  and AI Merge (with video 2:00)
http://news.columbia.edu/content/1773

Submitted by Jane E. Huggins