Mr Nicholas Evans from ANU
The Ethical Consquences of Emerging Neurowarfare Technology.
The consequences of multiple, previously disparate, scientific fields is paving the way for the development of a host of powerful new technologies. Tied into many of these emergent technologies is a dual use dilemma, where technologies carry with them the possibility for great benefits to humans, but also for the potential of abuse on a grand scale. A recent paper in the Cornell International Law Journal outlined the potential impacts of “Neurowarfare,” the potential for controlling military vehicles remotely using thought alone. In it, White argues that such emergent technology will change the status of war crimes, based on the lack of definition between intention an action from the perspective of the reading of neural pathways.