Rights are needs : Obligations are essential

Following news report talks of :

Ø  Right to Cognitive Liberty

Ø  Right to Mental Privacy

Ø  Right to Mental Integrity

Ø  Right to Preservation of Self

The report lists the misuse to which the developing technology of BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE , can be put to invade the privacy of a person where his / her innermost thoughts get exposed to the Authorities / Businesses – may be even crooks

Surely, it sounds scary

But Governments around the World – and especially in China – are worried about militants / terrorists , planning to kill innocent citizens – by creating / envisioning in their MINDS , terrifying SCENARIOS , which , the governments have, today, no means to track in advance / anticipate

They ( the Governments ), would like to “ Neutralize “ such “ EVIL THOUGHTS “, before these are converted into ACTION [ - progression from “ Man ( thought ) “ to “ Vachan ( speech ) “ to “ Karma ( action ) “  ]

For such ANTICIPATORY / PREVENTIVE / PRO-ACTIVE action, I have suggested the following :

Fast Forward to Future ( 3 F )                                           [ 20 Oct 2016  ]

Artificial Intelligence : Brahma , Vishnu or Mahesh ?           [ 30 June 2017 ]

Racing towards ARIHANT ?                                                [ 04 Aug 2017 ]

to : Alphabet / from : ARIHANT                                          [ 12 Oct 2017 ]

ARIHANT  :  on the  horizon ?                                             [ 17 May 2018 ]

ARIHANT : Beyond “ Thought Experiment “                          [ 21 May 2018 ]

Will ARIHANT humble the hackers ?                                     [ 11 Feb 2019 ]

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What if someone overwrites your brain?

·         The Times of India (Mumbai edition)

·         3 Nov 2019

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Privacy is a lost cause.

Neither walls nor passwords can secure it.

Your brain is its last refuge, but not for long.

Several companies, including Facebook and Elon Musk’s Neuralink, are working on technologies that will plug you directly into computers like a USB device

Instead of reading information off a screen, you could have it written directly to your brain.

Brain-computer interfaces could pick up your thoughts and transfer them to another brain.

When you are connected so deeply with computers, where does your ‘self ’ end and the ‘machine’ begin?

Ethicists say these technologies have immense potential for misuse, so governments should make laws to protect people from them.

Marcello Ienca, a researcher at the science and technology university ETH Zurich,

says the first challenge could arise at the workplace, where employers might want to track their workers’ thoughts.

Those who refuse could face discrimination.

That’s why a ‘right to cognitive liberty’ will be needed

With brain-monitoring technology, governments won’t need to question activists and dissidents.

They will plug them into machines to read their deepest thoughts.

A ‘right to mental privacy’ prohibiting the sharing of brain data without the owner’s consent, therefore, becomes necessary.

The third danger is that your brain could be overwritten.

The state could turn you into a new person who agrees with it fully.

So, a ‘right to mental integrity’ will be needed to protect you from getting ‘brain-jacked’.

Another right will be needed to protect you from alterations to your idea of self — who you think you are, what you consider true and untrue.

What if a cigarette manufacturer hacks into your brain and overwrites your belief that smoking is injurious to health?

Neurotech has its uses, but its risks are so huge, mere ‘handle with care’ warnings won’t do.

We need ironclad rules now.

No hacking/tampering of brain data

No overwriting of brain

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03  Nov  2019

hcp@RecruitGuru.com