Mind-reading machines are coming — how can we keep them in check? – Nature (Liam Drew | July 2023)
Not so long ago, the idea that machines could read and share people’s thoughts would seem pure science fiction and incredibly remote from the current day. This may no longer be the case. The technology for machines reading minds is getting closer and closer to reality right now. We don’t currently have an ethical framework for the use of such technology, but we will need it very soon. Information technology is not an area where there has been much work in terms of ethical frameworks, but AI, technology like this and autonomous weapons are making the need for such frameworks urgent.