Magnificent colloquium today between Carlos Amunátegui Perelló and Roberto Andorno. For me, the key insight was provided by Carlos at the end: neurotechnologies would not only allow us to know WHAT you think but also HOW you think. And that is the focus on which their legal approach should be based.
I would add that, furthermore, and not only that: they represent the first human-machine hybridization technology where the device can not only complement a deficit in biological activity (like an artificial heart) but also interprets it and has the potential capacity to generate automated intuitive processes that intervene in processes beyond mere biological activity (mental processes). Therefore, it is not just an intervention on a mere mechanized biological process of our body but on the processes that shape the very nature of the individual. In the not-too-distant future, there will likely be an effort to autonomously intervene or suggest interventions on mental processes.
This anticipates, as a first approach to discern which neurotechnologies are beneficial for the human being, taking into account:
1) the purpose or object of the device;
2) the degree of intervention and autonomy of the device;
3) the capacity for integration/dependence between the person and the device;
4) the potential alteration of its processes on those that autonomously shape the individual's identity.
The reality is that a person, for better or worse, will not be the same before using the neurodevice, and moreover, they will have exposed to others the activity that singularizes them as a human being. That situation and the responsibility of those who manage it is, for me, the essence that should determine the approach and regulation of neurotechnology.
📺 EN VIVO AHORA
Llega un nuevo encuentro de #CienciaEnMovimiento de CILAC junto a referentes de la región, enfocado en las neurotecnologías, la ética y los derechos humanos.
Roberto Andorno , Dafna Feinholz, y Carlos Amunátegui Perelló, abordan los desafíos éticos y las propuestas de gobernanza relacionadas con las neurotecnologías, con la moderación de PhD Eleonora Lamm.
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