Panel Discussion: Neurotech Now, and Beyond the Horizon
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) offer the opportunity to control devices directly with the brain. Brain-controlled devices can return communication to those without speech, memory function to those with hippocampus damage, while prosthetic limbs controlled via the brain continue to develop at a pace. In the future, these technologies may also open doors to enhancements of the scope of human abilities beyond that which we generally expect.
This panel explores the state of the art in BCIs: What ethical issues arise with these technologies? How ought they to be understood, in terms of personal identity, or moral responsibility? Extending into the future, how might BCIs feature in human enhancement? Based in what we know already, we will set out to speculate about ‘beyond the horizon’, emerging BCI technologies and how to prepare for them.
Booking: required.
Date: 21 June 2018, 11:00
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Speakers: Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University), Dr Hannah Maslen (Oxford Martin School ), Dr Emilian Mihailov (University of Bucharest), Dr Cristian Iftode (University of Bucharest), Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Organiser: Professor Julian Savulescu (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)
Organiser contact email address: rachel.gaminiratne@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Julian Savulescu (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)
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Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Rachel Gaminiratne