[ninesnines]

This is novel, but maybe not as novel as it seems. EEG will show if you are looking left or right in the raw signal, and the technology for making a rat move in certain directions with implanted electrodes is not new. I still think that the motto ‘just because we can, doesn’t mean we should’ applies here, and I’m a bit surprised there hasn’t been more ethical pushback; having one mind control another, even with relatively crude technology and outcomes, feels like an ethical stepping stone that should be more carefully examined before proceeding.

also, just looking now at the date, it is a relatively old paper

[oefrha]

> having one mind control another, even with relatively crude technology and outcomes, feels like an ethical stepping stone that should be more carefully examined before proceeding.

We know for a fact that CIA was already researching mind control seven decades ago (Project MKUltra).

[thfuran]

"things the CIA did" seems like a good starting point for a list of things that shouldn't be done.

[dr_dshiv]

A better reference might be Jose Delgado’s “Stimoceiver” for remote control of animals—and human emotions.

https://youtu.be/eK2Hopm5s_c