[kictanet] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Royal Society urges UK to regulate machine-brain interfaces

[Barrack Otieno]

Might be of interest.

Regards

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From: Gosia Fraser via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019, 9:29 am
Subject: [Internet Policy] Royal Society urges UK to regulate machine-brain
interfaces
To: ISOC Internet Policy <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>


Interesting call from UK's senior scientific academy;
They foresee that machine-brain interfaces will evolve quickly within next
two decades and will go mainstream in medical applications around 2040.

The "iHuman" report highlights the importance of reasonable regulation in
the field and puts special pressure on ethical issues:
https://www.ft.com/content/9ebd88ba-d266-11e9-8367-807ebd53ab77

Kind regards

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