The United Nations has raised the alarm about"potentially harmful" advances in neurotechnology, suggesting that brain implants and scans could allow artificial intelligence to infringe on private, human thoughts, according to"It's like putting neurotech on steroids," Mariagrazia Squicciarini, an economist from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, told the AFP.
"We are on a path to a world in which algorithms will enable us to decode people's mental processes and directly manipulate the brain mechanisms underlying their intentions, emotions and decisions," Ramos said, according to AFP. While the technology can be life-altering, it may come at a cost, UN officials suggested., a woman with epilepsy who had a neurotech device installed in her brain to detect seizures and notify patients of when to lie down.
"I felt like there was someone in my head, and it wasn't me. And I just got more and more depressed. I didn't like it at all," Galvin, who eventually had the device removed, told UNESCO.
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