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It's the year 2062 and Neuralink has finally perfected mind-reading implants. Dictatorial regimes across the globe are forcibly implanting children with the tec

by vsnf 3y ago

It's the year 2062 and Neuralink has finally perfected mind-reading implants. Dictatorial regimes across the globe are forcibly implanting children with the technology, their every thought sent to the Bureau of Ethics and Education. In accordance with new laws, adults also must submit to an implant, lest they face severe penalties of jail time. Citizens with unsanctioned thoughts are apprehended and re-educated. Those unhappy with the state of affairs no longer have any opportunity to gather like minded others or sympathetic supporters, as the Bureau is alerted to their unharmonious thoughts, and they are intercepted before any collective action can be taken. The regime is stable, the citizenry completely suppressed, the dictators free to continue their atrocities as they see fit, unopposed, forever.

bilekas 3y ago
To be honest as grim as this is, judging by how little resistance there currently is to adopt new technologies and services regardless of privacy concerns, the majority of people most likely won't be forced at all..
- xetplan 3y ago
  I think it is much worse than this. I think of my 12 year old niece. She doesn't have a concept of privacy the way I have a concept of privacy. It would never occur to me to film someone in public without their consent for privacy reasons. For younger people, it would never occur to them why you wouldn't film potentially good online content. The idea we are going back to the past seems delusional at best.
astroboiiii 3y ago
*2021 depending on who you ask
hoseja 3y ago
Just to be clear, what is your stance on moderating hate speech on social platforms?
- te_chris 3y ago
  Yes, stopping the rascists making life miserable for people is exactly the same as a mind chip
consumer451 3y ago
I think about this all the time. Copied from my bio: --- If you have any interest in privacy, while we missed the boat on internet tracking, there is still time to avoid sailing through the final frontier with neuro tracking. Soon we will be offered the trade of our privacy for the convenience of password-free login. Next there will be a TSA neuro scan to board. > Proposed neuro-rights include the right to identity, or the ability to control both one's physical and mental integrity; the right to agency, or the freedom of thought and free will to choose one's own actions; the right to mental privacy, or the ability to keep thoughts protected against disclosure; [0] For a great breakdown on the SOTA tech, and the long term implications, please see this podcast with full written transcript. > Sean Carroll & Nita Farahany on Ethics, Law, and Neurotechnology [1] [0] https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons/horizons-winter-2021-issue-no-18/its-time-for-neuro--rights https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons/horizons-winter-2021-issue... [1] https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/13/229-nita-farahany-on-ethics-law-and-neurotechnology/ https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/13/229-...

by vsnf 3y ago

bilekas 3y ago

To be honest as grim as this is, judging by how little resistance there currently is to adopt new technologies and services regardless of privacy concerns, the majority of people most likely won't be forced at all..

xetplan 3y ago
I think it is much worse than this. I think of my 12 year old niece. She doesn't have a concept of privacy the way I have a concept of privacy. It would never occur to me to film someone in public without their consent for privacy reasons. For younger people, it would never occur to them why you wouldn't film potentially good online content. The idea we are going back to the past seems delusional at best.

astroboiiii 3y ago

*2021 depending on who you ask

hoseja 3y ago

Just to be clear, what is your stance on moderating hate speech on social platforms?

te_chris 3y ago
Yes, stopping the rascists making life miserable for people is exactly the same as a mind chip

consumer451 3y ago

I think about this all the time. Copied from my bio: --- If you have any interest in privacy, while we missed the boat on internet tracking, there is still time to avoid sailing through the final frontier with neuro tracking. Soon we will be offered the trade of our privacy for the convenience of password-free login. Next there will be a TSA neuro scan to board. > Proposed neuro-rights include the right to identity, or the ability to control both one's physical and mental integrity; the right to agency, or the freedom of thought and free will to choose one's own actions; the right to mental privacy, or the ability to keep thoughts protected against disclosure; [0] For a great breakdown on the SOTA tech, and the long term implications, please see this podcast with full written transcript. > Sean Carroll & Nita Farahany on Ethics, Law, and Neurotechnology [1] [0] https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons/horizons-winter-2021-issue-no-18/its-time-for-neuro--rights https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons/horizons-winter-2021-issue... [1] https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/13/229-nita-farahany-on-ethics-law-and-neurotechnology/ https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/13/229-...