Nita Farahany: When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy?
尼塔 A.法拉赫尼: 科技读心时代的隐私保护
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,
violently suppressed
as the Iranian Green Movement,
between the protesters.
to the United States in the late 1960s,
我的父母移民到了美国,
extended family live.
进行得如火如荼的时候
crackdowns of the protest,
with me what was happening.
the conversation to other topics.
what the consequences could be
会带来什么样的后果。
what they were thinking
based on what their brains revealed?
想法而逮捕他们吗?
in neuroscience, artificial intelligence
所发生的事情有更多的了解。
of what's happening in the human brain.
律师兼哲学家,
about what this means for our freedoms
a right to cognitive liberty,
that needs to be protected.
thousands of thoughts each day.
或一个单词一样,
or a number, a word,
思想状态,比如放松时,
mental state, like relaxation,
在大脑中不断释放信号,
are firing in the brain,
in characteristic patterns
with electroencephalography, or EEG.
即EEG检测出来。
you're seeing right now.
that was recorded in real time
that was worn on my head.
when I was relaxed and curious.
当我放松和好奇时的脑部活动。
消费者的脑电图记录仪。
consumer-based EEG devices
activity in my brain in real time.
that some of you may be wearing
or the steps that you've taken,
neuroimaging technique on the market.
our everyday lives.
inside the human brain
without ever uttering a word.
我们精神状态的方方面面。
complex thoughts just yet,
解码复杂的思想,
of artificial intelligence,
some single-digit numbers
that a person is thinking
一些固有的局限性,
that with our advances in technology,
in the human brain
they're going to have an epileptic seizure
with their thoughts alone.
a technology to embed these sensors
一种将这些传感器
在开车时的专注度,
while driving.
美国汽车协会都注意到了这一点。
and AAA have all taken note.
choose-your-own-adventure movie
based on your brain-based reactions,
every time your attention wanes.
就会给你一个不同的结局。
health and well-being
to information about themselves,
new brain-decoding technology.
or involuntarily give up
our mental privacy.
to social-media accounts ...
the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail,
while driving.
来监测他们的生产率,
EEG sensors to monitor their productivity
concentration on their jobs,
of brain transparency.
一个大脑信息透明的世界走去。
that that could change everything.
领会到这将改变一切。
of data privacy to our laws,
in the United States
of their brain information.
their perceived sensitivity
of their phone conversations,
security number as far more sensitive
人们将社会保险号的敏感性,
people don't yet understand
of this new brain-decoding technology.
大脑解悉技术的影响。
一个人大脑的内部运作情况,
the inner workings of the human brain,
are the least of our worries.
最不需要我们担心的东西了。
a politically dissident thought?
because of their waning attention
采取反对老板的集体行动,
collective action against their employers.
will no longer be an option,
have revealed their sexual orientation,
to consciously share that information
to keep up with technological change.
能否跟得上技术的进步。
of the US Constitution,
我们能随意改变自己的想法?
to alter our thoughts however we want?
如何运用自己的大脑吗?
what we can do with our own brains?
using these new mobile devices?
这些新设备监视我们的大脑吗?
应用程序收集大脑数据,
the brain data through their applications
from doing so.
the same freedoms
the Iranian Green Movement
monitoring my family's brain activity,
to be sympathetic to the protesters?
based on their thoughts
dystopian society in "Minority Report."
中的反乌托邦社会。
with attempting to intimidate his school
而被指控企图恐吓学校。
shooting people in the hallways ...
玩一款增强现实电子游戏。
an augmented-reality video game,
主观意图的一个心理折射。
of his subjective intent.
need special protection.
需要特殊保护。
to data tracking and aggregation
and tracked like our online activities,
threat to our collective humanity.
威胁到人类集体的危险边缘。
to these concerns,
on the right things.
protections in general,
the flow of information.
on securing rights and remedies
how their information was shared,
决定如何分享自身信息的权利,
was misused against them,
in an employment setting
可能还有很长的路要走。
of our personal information.
can tell us so much
our information,
for mental privacy.
a right to cognitive liberty.
our freedom of thought and rumination,
the right to consent to or refuse
of our brains by others.
of Human Rights,
of these kinds of social rights.
and good old-fashioned word of mouth
老式的口口相传的方式
restrictions in Iran
had used brain surveillance
the protesters' cries?
for a cognitive liberty revolution.
advance technology
from any person, company or government
or alter our innermost lives.
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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