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Four ethical priorities for neurotechnologies and AI

  • Rafael Yuste
  • , Sara Goering
  • , Blaise Agüeray Arcas
  • , Guoqiang Bi
  • , Jose M. Carmena
  • , Adrian Carter
  • , Joseph J. Fins
  • , Phoebe Friesen
  • , Jack Gallant
  • , Jane E. Huggins
  • , Judy Illes
  • , Philipp Kellmeyer
  • , Eran Klein
  • , Adam Marblestone
  • , Christine Mitchell
  • , Erik Parens
  • , Michelle Pham
  • , Alan Rubel
  • , Norihiro Sadato
  • , Laura Specker Sullivan
  • Mina Teicher, David Wasserman, Anna Wexler, Meredith Whittaker, Jonathan Wolpaw
  • Columbia University
  • University of Washington

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423 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-163
Number of pages5
JournalNature
Volume551
Issue number7679
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Nov 2017

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It is crucial to consider the possible ramifications now. The Morningside Group comprises neuro scientists, neurotechnologists, clinicians, ethicists and machine-intelligence engineers. It includes representatives from Google and Kernel (a neurotechnology start-up in Los Angeles, California); from international brain projects; and from academic and research institutions in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, China, Japan and Australia. We gathered at a workshop sponsored by the US National Science Foundation at Columbia University, New York, in May 2017 to discuss the ethics of neurotechnolo-gies and machine intelligence.

Funding

It is crucial to consider the possible ramifications now. The Morningside Group comprises neuro scientists, neurotechnologists, clinicians, ethicists and machine-intelligence engineers. It includes representatives from Google and Kernel (a neurotechnology start-up in Los Angeles, California); from international brain projects; and from academic and research institutions in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, China, Japan and Australia. We gathered at a workshop sponsored by the US National Science Foundation at Columbia University, New York, in May 2017 to discuss the ethics of neurotechnolo-gies and machine intelligence.

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US National Science Foundation at Columbia University
National Science Foundation1644405

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