5 things you need to know about the ethics of Neurolink the rest

Trust thought for today - the hardest ethical question - How to get the tech we want without the bad impacts we don't want?

Did you see the story that Elon Musk is gearing up to start clinical trials of his Neuralink Brain Machine Interface? They are hiring a clinical trials director to "lead and help build the team responsible for enabling Neuralink’s clinical research activities and developing the regulatory interactions that come with a fast-paced and ever-evolving environment". Trustworthy governance very much needed here.

Here in the UK Guardian. https://lnkd.in/d_GCPCqa

He is promising some life changing neural implants to help people with spinal cord injuries walk again which we don't want to miss out on. But there are ethical issues here and then there is the slippery slope to what else is done with brain computer interfaces.

To dip a toe into this area check out this fantastic Risk Bites video from Prof Andrew Maynard

If you want to know more Jack Pilkington from the Royal Society did an excellent thorough and accessible report and video called iHuman Blurring the lines between mind and machine - going into the various possibilities and issues,

https://lnkd.in/dUhSrxep

Love to know if there are more accessible resources around to look at on neuroethics issues and particularly regulation - Andrew Maynard, Caroline Montojo, Diana Saville, Frédéric Destrebecq, Susie Alegre, Florent Gaillard, Jack Pilkington, Harris Eyre MD PhD, Markus Krebsz