Nita Farahany: When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy?
Nita A. Farahany: Quando a tecnologia puder ler mentes, como protegeremos nossa privacidade?
Nita A. Farahany is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of biosciences and emerging technologies, particularly those related to neuroscience and behavioral genetics. Full bio
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the 2009 presidential election in Iran,
à eleição presidencial de 2009 no Irã,
violently suppressed
as the Iranian Green Movement,
como o Movimento Verde Iraniano,
between the protesters.
entre os manifestantes.
to the United States in the late 1960s,
para os EUA no final dos anos 1960,
extended family live.
para a minha família em Teerã,
crackdowns of the protest,
repressões ao protesto,
with me what was happening.
sobre o que estava acontecendo.
the conversation to other topics.
rapidamente para outros tópicos.
what the consequences could be
quais eram as consequências
what they were thinking
o que eles estavam pensando
based on what their brains revealed?
no que os cérebros deles revelassem?
do que vocês pensam.
in neuroscience, artificial intelligence
em neurociência, inteligência artificial
of what's happening in the human brain.
o que está acontecendo no cérebro humano.
about what this means for our freedoms
isso significa para as nossas liberdades
a right to cognitive liberty,
de um direito à liberdade cognitiva,
that needs to be protected.
que precisa ser protegido.
de pensamentos todos os dias.
thousands of thoughts each day.
or a number, a word,
um número ou uma palavra,
mental state, like relaxation,
dominante, como o relaxamento,
are firing in the brain,
disparam no cérebro,
in characteristic patterns
concomitantes em padrões característicos
with electroencephalography, or EEG.
com eletroencefalografia, ou EEG.
you're seeing right now.
that was recorded in real time
que foi gravada em tempo real
that was worn on my head.
que foi usado na minha cabeça.
when I was relaxed and curious.
cerebral quando estava relaxada e curiosa.
de EEG baseados no consumidor
consumer-based EEG devices
activity in my brain in real time.
no meu cérebro em tempo real.
that some of you may be wearing
de atividades que podem estar usando
or the steps that you've taken,
ou os passos que vocês deram,
neuroimaging technique on the market.
mais sofisticada do mercado.
our everyday lives.
nossa vida cotidiana.
inside the human brain
dentro do cérebro humano
without ever uttering a word.
mental sem sequer proferir uma palavra.
complex thoughts just yet,
confiável pensamentos complexos,
of artificial intelligence,
some single-digit numbers
alguns números de um dígito,
that a person is thinking
que uma pessoa está pensando,
that with our advances in technology,
que com nossos avanços em tecnologia,
in the human brain
acontecendo no cérebro humano
they're going to have an epileptic seizure
que terá uma crise epiléptica
with their thoughts alone.
apenas com os pensamentos dele.
a technology to embed these sensors
uma tecnologia para incorporar os sensores
a concentração do motorista,
while driving.
durante a condução.
and AAA have all taken note.
seguradoras e a Nissan prestaram atenção.
choose-your-own-adventure movie
do tipo "Escolha Sua Aventura":
based on your brain-based reactions,
nas reações cerebrais,
every time your attention wanes.
que nossa atenção diminui.
de capacitar as pessoas
health and well-being
da própria saúde e bem-estar,
to information about themselves,
a informações sobre si mesmos,
new brain-decoding technology.
de decodificação do cérebro.
or involuntarily give up
voluntariamente ou involuntariamente,
our mental privacy.
nossa privacidade mental.
to social-media accounts ...
the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail,
de alta velocidade Pequim-Xangai,
while driving.
cerebral durante a condução.
pelo governo chinês,
EEG sensors to monitor their productivity
de EEG para monitorar a produtividade
concentration on their jobs,
menor do que excepcional no trabalho,
of brain transparency.
de transparência cerebral.
that that could change everything.
que isso poder mudar tudo.
of data privacy to our laws,
de privacidade de dados, nossas leis,
da Duke University,
in the United States
de âmbito nacional nos EUA
of their brain information.
their perceived sensitivity
a vulnerabilidade percebida
of their phone conversations,
security number as far more sensitive
do seguro social como mais vulnerável
people don't yet understand
as pessoas ainda não entendem
of this new brain-decoding technology.
tecnologia de decodificação cerebral.
the inner workings of the human brain,
o funcionamento interno do cérebro humano,
are the least of our worries.
é a menor das preocupações.
a politically dissident thought?
politicamente dissidente?
because of their waning attention
por causa da diminuição da atenção
collective action against their employers.
em ações coletivas contra os empregadores.
will no longer be an option,
have revealed their sexual orientation,
há muito tempo a orientação sexual delas,
to consciously share that information
para compartilhar essa informação
to keep up with technological change.
de acompanharem as mudanças tecnológicas.
of the US Constitution,
da Constituição dos EUA,
to alter our thoughts however we want?
pra mudar nosso pensamento como quisermos?
what we can do with our own brains?
o que fazemos com nosso próprio cérebro?
using these new mobile devices?
usando esses novos dispositivos móveis?
the brain data through their applications
dados cerebrais através de aplicativos
from doing so.
os impede de fazer isso.
the same freedoms
as mesmas liberdades
the Iranian Green Movement
o Movimento Verde Iraniano
monitoring my family's brain activity,
a atividade cerebral da minha família
to be sympathetic to the protesters?
apoiavam os manifestantes?
based on their thoughts
com base nos pensamentos delas
dystopian society in "Minority Report."
científica do filme "Minority Report"?
with attempting to intimidate his school
de tentar intimidar a escola dele
shooting people in the hallways ...
atirando em pessoas nos corredores.
an augmented-reality video game,
um videogame de realidade aumentada,
of his subjective intent.
da intenção subjetiva dele.
need special protection.
precisam de proteção especial.
to data tracking and aggregation
ao rastreamento e agregação de dados
financeiros e transações,
and tracked like our online activities,
como nossas atividades on-line,
threat to our collective humanity.
ameaça à nossa humanidade coletiva.
to these concerns,
para essas preocupações,
on the right things.
nos concentrando nas coisas certas.
protections in general,
de privacidade em geral,
the flow of information.
on securing rights and remedies
em garantir direitos e soluções
how their information was shared,
como as informações são compartilhadas,
was misused against them,
in an employment setting
num ambiente de trabalho,
para a construção da confiança.
of our personal information.
mais informações pessoais.
can tell us so much
pode nos dizer muito
our information,
com segurança nossas informações,
for mental privacy.
para a privacidade mental.
a right to cognitive liberty.
do direito à liberdade cognitiva.
our freedom of thought and rumination,
de pensamento e reflexão,
the right to consent to or refuse
o direito de consentir ou recusar
of our brains by others.
de nossos cérebros por outros.
of Human Rights,
dos Direitos Humanos,
of these kinds of social rights.
de direitos sociais.
and good old-fashioned word of mouth
e o bom e velho boca-a-boca
restrictions in Iran
mais opressivas no Irã
had used brain surveillance
tivesse usado a vigilância cerebral
the protesters' cries?
os clamores dos manifestantes?
for a cognitive liberty revolution.
uma revolução da liberdade cognitiva.
a tecnologia com responsabilidade,
advance technology
from any person, company or government
de qualquer pessoa, empresa ou governo
or alter our innermost lives.
nossa vida íntima.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nita Farahany - Legal scholar, ethicistNita A. Farahany is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of biosciences and emerging technologies, particularly those related to neuroscience and behavioral genetics.
Why you should listen
Nita A. Farahany is a professor of law and philosophy, the founding director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society and chair of the MA in Bioethics & Science Policy at Duke University. In 2010, Farahany was appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, and she served as a member until 2017. She is a member of the Neuroethics Division of the Multi-Council Working Group for the BRAIN Initiative, on the President's Research Council of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), and past member of the Global Agenda Council for Privacy, Technology and Governance at the World Economic Forum.
Farahany presents her work to diverse audiences and is a frequent commentator for national media and radio shows. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute, the President-Elect of the International Neuroethics Society, serves on the Board of the International Neuroethics Society, a co-editor a co-editor-in-chief and co-founder of the Journal of Law and the Biosciences and an editorial board member of the American Journal of Bioethics (Neuroscience). She's on the Ethics Advisory Board for Illumina, Inc., the Scientific Advisory Board of Helix, and the Board of Advisors of Scientific American.
Farahany received her AB in genetics, cell and developmental biology at Dartmouth College, a JD and MA from Duke University, as well as a PhD in philosophy. She also holds an ALM in biology from Harvard University. In 2004-2005, Farahany clerked for Judge Judith W. Rogers of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, after which she joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University. In 2011, Farahany was the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor of Human Rights at Stanford Law School.
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