Submitted by throwlittlethingsoff t3_10pqgh5 in Futurology
https://www.weforum.org/videos/davos-am23-ready-for-brain-transparency-english
Professor Farahany explains where we are with the technology to read thoughts (of employees, of consumers, etc. - groups palatable to the attendees of the World Economic Forum) and offers pablum when confronted with the tough questions about how to prevent this tech from being a tool of oppression.
I don't know that it is possible to watch this video without at least once shouting at the screen "Have you met humans?!?!"
I think everyone that follows this sub suspected that this dystopian nightmare (or utopian dream, for some??) was coming. But what truly horrified me was how few years we have left of our own mental autonomy. This will not be an opt-in scenario by the end of the decade.