{"id":399107,"date":"2022-01-25T17:07:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/smart-devices-can-now-read-your-mood-and-mind-they-shouldnt-without-consent\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T17:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:07:54","slug":"smart-devices-can-now-read-your-mood-and-mind-they-shouldnt-without-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/smart-devices-can-now-read-your-mood-and-mind-they-shouldnt-without-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"#Smart devices can now read your mood and mind \u2014 they shouldn\u2019t without consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30657f9ac0b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30657f9ac0b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/smart-devices-can-now-read-your-mood-and-mind-they-shouldnt-without-consent\/#Humans_and_machines\" >Humans and machines<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/smart-devices-can-now-read-your-mood-and-mind-they-shouldnt-without-consent\/#Cognitive_freedom\" >Cognitive freedom<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Smart devices can now read your mood and mind \u2014 they shouldn\u2019t without consent<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            While waiting to board a plane on a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> out of town, an airline staff member asked me to momentarily take off my face mask to allow the facial recognition <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to check me in to expedite my boarding process. I was taken aback by the bluntness of the request \u2014 I did not want to take my mask off in such a crowded space and I had not given permission to have my face scanned.<\/p>\n<p>While this encounter felt like an invasion of my privacy, it also got me thinking about other biometric recognition devices which, for better or worse, are already integrated into our everyday lives.<\/p>\n<p>There are obvious examples: fingerprint scanners that unlock doors and facial recognition that allows payment through a phone. But there are other devices that do more than read an image \u2014 they can literally read people\u2019s minds.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Humans_and_machines\"><\/span>Humans and machines<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My work explores the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/covid-19-has-fuelled-automation-but-human-involvement-is-still-essential-153715\">dynamics of how humans interact with machines<\/a>, and how such interactions affect the cognitive state of the human operator.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hslab.org\/what\">human factors engineering<\/a> have recently focused their attention on the development of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/news\/what-is-machine-vision-and-how-is-it-used-in-business-today?sh=58744aae6939\">machine vision systems<\/a>. These systems sense overt biological signals \u2014 for example, the direction of eye gaze or heart rate \u2014 to estimate cognitive states like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10447318.2018.1561792\">distraction or fatigue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A case can be made that these devices hold undeniable benefits in certain situations, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/news\/the-world-is-waking-up-to-driver-monitoring-systems\">such as driving<\/a>. Human factors like distracted driving, which ranks among the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov\/Api\/Public\/ViewPublication\/813111\">top contributors of road fatalities<\/a>, could be all but eliminated following an adequate introduction of these systems. Proposals to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/smarteye.se\/blogs\/driver-monitoring-dms-on-its-way-to-become-mandatory-in-vehicles-around-the-world\/\">mandate the use of these devices<\/a> are being introduced worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>A different yet equally important <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication is the one proposed by none other than <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/neuralink.com\/\">Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink corporation<\/a>. In a December 2021 appearance at the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u2018s CEO Council Summit, Musk portrayed a very-near future where brain implants will help patients suffering from paralysis regain control of their limbs through a brain implant.<\/p>\n<p>While the concept and, in fact, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12152-019-09409-4\">the reality of brain-computer interfaces has existed since the 1960s<\/a>, the thought of an implanted device having direct access to the brain is disconcerting, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not only these devices\u2019 ability to create a direct bridge between the human brain and the outside world that frightens me: what will happen to the data being harvested and who will have access to it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<figure>\n<p>                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/lSD_vpfikbE\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <!--resp-video-container--><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Elon Musk discusses brain implants.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cognitive_freedom\"><\/span>Cognitive freedom<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This opens up the question of what, in regard to neuroethics \u2014 the body of interdisciplinary studies exploring the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/journal\/12152\">ethical issues related to neuroscience<\/a> \u2014 is referred to as cognitive freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Italian cognitive scientist Andrea Lavazza defines cognitive freedom as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-84494-3_9\">the possibility of elaborating one\u2019s own thoughts autonomously, without interference, and of revealing them totally, partially or not at all on the basis of a personal decision<\/a>.\u201d Cognitive freedom is brought to the forefront when technology has reached a point where it can monitor or even manipulate mental states as a means of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fnsys.2014.00131\">cognitive enhancement for professionals like physicians or pilots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or mind control for convicted criminals \u2014 Lavazza suggests that \u201cit would not be so strange for the criminal system to require a person convicted of a violent crime to undergo [a brain implant] so as to control any new aggressive impulses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ramifications that the development and deployment of biological sensors and devices like brain-computer interfaces have on our lives are at the center of the debate. Not only in neuroethics, which is witnessing the formation of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/neurorightsfoundation.org\/\">neuro-rights initiatives<\/a> worldwide, but also across the broader civil spectrum where it is being <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/21507740.2019.1704918\">debated whether actions undertaken with an implant ought to be governed by the same laws ruling conventional bodily movements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I will need to take some more time weighing the pros and cons of biological sensors and devices in my everyday life. And if I am asked for permission to have my face scanned to expedite boarding a plane, I will respond with: \u201cLet\u2019s do it the old-fashioned way, I don\u2019t mind waiting.\u201d<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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