Chile--right to free will needs definition

JM Mu�oz�- Nature, 2019 - go.gale.com
JM Mu�oz
Nature, 2019go.gale.com
Chile could soon become the first country to incorporate'neurorights' into its constitution to
prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence and neurotechnology (see http://go. nature.
com/35qdje5). These rights relate to the way in which mental processes can be monitored
and influenced, principally through brain-computer interfaces.The country's Senate has
launched a project designed to protect five neurorights proposed by Rafael Yuste, a
neurobiologist at Columbia University in New York City (see http://go. nature. com/33trrmc�…
Chile could soon become the first country to incorporate'neurorights' into its constitution to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence and neurotechnology (see http://go. nature. com/35qdje5). These rights relate to the way in which mental processes can be monitored and influenced, principally through brain-computer interfaces.
The country's Senate has launched a project designed to protect five neurorights proposed by Rafael Yuste, a neurobiologist at Columbia University in New York City (see http://go. nature. com/33trrmc and https://www. nature. com/news/four-ethical-priorities-for-neurotechnologies-and-ai-1.22960). These include the right to'free will'. However, the precise meaning of free will should be carefully debated before it is incorporated as a national or international right.
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