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"NEAT would identify psychological and behavioral changes before they impact military readiness." I think the idea is to identify soldiers and other personnel
by kjgkjhfkjf 5y ago
"NEAT would identify psychological and behavioral changes before they impact military readiness."
I think the idea is to identify soldiers and other personnel who are at risk of becoming suicidal during a military operation. This seems like a good idea to me, given the extent that the safety of soldiers depends on the mental acuity of their colleagues.
- zwkrt 5y agoOn the other hand, if I had this technology and was sufficiently antisocial, I could use it to keep an 'interrogation subject' right on the edge of killing themselves for an extended period of time. I could use it to recruit soldiers for fatalistic operations. I could use it to kick out members of any operation whose moral compunction was detected to be causing them too much distress.
- kjgkjhfkjf 5y agoYes, it's possible to find appalling uses of most things.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoOr it could be a way for them to fire suspicious, defiant, or personell they suspect are whistleblowers, without any questions asked.
- cf141q5325 5y agoThey are >aggregating preconscious brain signals to determine what someone believes to be true. Its a terrorism divining rod. That needs zero change to be used for detecting simple opposition as well.