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applications, there could be a dark side to this technology. the problem comes when we don t just measure the activity in the brain but we try to directly influence it. that means we could do things like read someone s thoughts or change their perception reality or even make them act against their free will. my biggest worry is mental privacy. you can imagine using them for interrogation, for example. you ask a question, just by the image the person recalls, they can figure out what the person is thinking. technology companies have jumped into neurotech in a big way and it also means that they are very keen on getting their hands on mental data. on neural data. and i think that should be protected. it may sound far fetched but elon musk is already working towards writing to the brain to augment human knowledge and another doctor has taken control of a mouse s mind and is campaigning for ethical frameworks and
mobility and can t move, can t use arms and need new ways to interface with technology then, look, potentially this is absolutely extraordinary. does it need a bit of work, yes. but i m tempering that with about that i just sat here and controlled things with my brain and it s incredible. but despite some amazing applications, there could be a dark side to this technology. the problem comes when we don t just measure the activity in the brain but we try to directly influence it. that means we could do things like read someone s thoughts or change their perception reality or even make them act against their free will. my biggest worry is mental privacy. you can imagine using them for interrogation, for example. you ask a question, just by the image the person recalls, they can figure out what the person is thinking.
does it need a bit of work, yes. but i m tempering that with about that i just sat here and controlled things with my brain and it s incredible. but despite some amazing applications, there could be a dark side to this technology. the problem comes when we don t just measure the activity in the brain but we try to directly influence it. that means we could do things like read someone s thoughts or change their perception reality or even make them act against their free will. my biggest worry is mental privacy. you can imagine using them for interrogation, for example. you ask a question, just by the image the person recalls, they can figure out what the person is thinking. technology companies have jumped into neurotech in a big way and it also means that they are very keen on getting their hands on mental data. a neural data. and i think that should be protected. it may sound far fetched but elon musk is already working
mobility and can t move, can t use arms and need new ways to interface with technology then, look, potentially this is absolutely extraordinary. does it need a bit of work? yes. but i m tempering that with the fact that ijust sat here and controlled things with my brain and it s incredible. but despite some amazing applications, there could be a dark side to this technology. the problem comes when we don t just measure the activity in the brain but we try to directly influence it. that means we could do things like read someone s thoughts or change their perception of reality, or even make them act against their free will. my biggest worry is mental privacy. you can imagine using them for interrogation, for example. you ask a question, and just by the image the person