Chile’s Congress is proposing legislation to prevent people from interfering with their mental autonomy through technology without their consent. If this legislation is successful, Chile will be the first country to legislate to protect its citizens from technological interference and control of their minds. Some lawmakers have said that technology similar to that used to read and control the subconscious mind of others through dreams already exists, and its continued development may threaten the free will of human beings.
According to the Hong Kong Oriental Daily News and other media reports cited by foreign media, the Chilean Congress is considering the introduction of a bill to protect “neurological rights”, prohibiting the use of technology to “increase, decrease or interfere” with the “mental autonomy” of others without consent. mental autonomy” without consent. The legislation, initially proposed by Senator Guido Girardi, was unanimously supported by Congress last year, and is now being considered by Congress as a way to enshrine the “neurological rights” of the Chilean people in the Constitution and to recognize the need to safeguard basic human autonomy.
According to Taiwan’s “Liberty Times,” Girardi’s proposed bill covers “defending people’s minds and neural information,” “limiting neural reading, programming the brain, and other technologies,” “limiting neural algorithms,” and “regulating neural technology. The bill covers four major areas: “safeguarding people’s minds and neural information,” “limiting neural algorithms,” and “regulating the use and acquisition of neural technology.
Giraldi said that the technology shown in Inception, an American film, seemed like a fantasy 10 years ago, but now it is increasingly likely that such technology will be implemented and, if not regulated, will threaten the essence of humanity, namely “autonomy, freedom and free will. He is concerned about the technology in this film. He is concerned that the technology in this film will become real in the future, and is promoting this legislative issue, and hopes to be implemented this year.
Hollywood director Christopher Nolan (Christopher Nolan) in 2010 directed the classic science fiction film “Inception” (also known as “full launch”) in the plot, humans have been able to enter the target’s subconscious through technological means, to read the confidential information in the human brain, and even through the influence of their subconscious to control their thoughts and decisions.
According to AFP, Rafael Yuste, an expert in the field at Columbia University in New York, said that some of the technologies the Chilean senator is worried about already exist, and if they are not regulated, algorithms, simulation implants or other more difficult technologies may emerge in the next 10 years. .
In fact, Neuralink, a company owned by U.S. billionaire Musk, is working on developing such technologies. For example, in an experimental project designed to help paralyzed people use computers or cell phones, microscopic sensors are implanted in the brains of pigs or monkeys to record signals in the monkeys’ motor cortex that are used to coordinate hand and arm movements, and then convert them into movements. After receiving these signals from the brain, the monkeys were able to play simple video games without input or touching any buttons.
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