Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are both individuals who are targeting the future for their business expansion. If they are present it is clear that they have identified some big potential. Neuro Technology is one area where both are now trying to explore.
Mark Zuckerberg has progressed from Face Book to Meta and this is an intermediary step towards technologies that merge with neuro Technologies. Elon Musk’s firm Neurolink is already planning human clinical trials for some of its “Brain Chip”. We can expect that both IBM and Google would also be already drawing up their own plans on how to extend their business to the “Human Mind space”.
Elon Musk’s Neuro Link co-founded in 2016 has reportedly successfully implan ted artificial intelligence microchips in the brains of a monkey and pig and is now planning to run tests on humans. (Details of the experiment on the monkey is available here)
Neuro Link trial demonstrates the effectiveness of the deep brain implanted chip which is charged wirelessly and is able to pick neuro signals from the brain, process it in the external computer and feedback the learnings to improve the ability of the subject to “Think of some thing and make the computer react”.
The Meta project of using an external device to provide immersive experience through the visual presentation is also supplemented with the devices which can move the hands and legs entirely through mental thoughts.
These developments indicate that the need to regulate the use of neuro technology is more evident than ever before. While the traditionalists are still harping on Cambridge Analytica and its impact on the US Elections, the alleged privacy violation of Cambridge Analytica pales into insignificance when we consider the developments that are happening in Neuro science.
“Neuro Rights” to be codified into a law is therefore a current concern and India needs to address this as soon as possible.
Naavi
