Discover the future of privacy: neurotechnology and neurorights at STOA 2023 workshop
Our colleague Ander Ramos is taking part in the “Neurotechnology and neurorights - Privacy’s last frontier” where he will talk about how neurotechnology affects and can affect society.
We witness a rapid multidisciplinary convergence between Artificial Intelligence and new neurotechnologies that enable recording or even altering human neuronal activity. While greatly advancing brain science and neural engineering, this convergence also raises concerns about surveillance, subliminal manipulation of preferences, and the collection of brain and mental information.
As a response to these concerns a new concept of neurorights has emerged.
- Neurorights could be defined as ethical, legal, social or natural principles of freedom or entitlement related to a person's cerebral and mental domain.
- Several countries such as Chile, Spain, Slovenia and Saudi Arabia have started to develop regulations that can protect their citizens from these new developments in neurotechnology.
Open questions and the future of neurorights
Following neurotechnology governance efforts from governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental institutions, the current round table will discuss the open issues and the future of neurorights. It will address questions such as:
- What are the gaps in existing legislation of human rights?
- Can the EU’s privacy framework, including the EU AI act, accommodate neurorights?
- Can “cognitive liberty” be enshrined as a fundamental human right?
- How can we achieve responsible innovation in neurotechnology?
- How new neurotechnologies governance could alleviate risks of external manipulation but also bring new opportunities such as mental empowerment?
The event will be held in English, with interpretation into French.
The event will be webstreamed.
Interview Prof. Wood: “Neurorights: Do our brains need to be protected by legislation?”
Interview Prof. Wood: “Neurorights: Do our brains need to be protected by legislation?”