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Ethics and Information Technology
Erschienen in: Ethics and Information Technology 4/2019

19.06.2018

Democratizing cognitive technology: a proactive approach

verfasst von: Marcello Ienca

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Abstract

Cognitive technology is an umbrella term sometimes used to designate the realm of technologies that assist, augment or simulate cognitive processes or that can be used for the achievement of cognitive aims. This technological macro-domain encompasses both devices that directly interface the human brain as well as external systems that use artificial intelligence to simulate or assist (aspects of) human cognition. As they hold the promise of assisting and augmenting human cognitive capabilities both individually and collectively, cognitive technologies could produce, in the next decades, a significant effect on human cultural evolution. At the same time, due to their dual-use potential, they are vulnerable to being coopted by State and non-State actors for non-benign purposes (e.g. cyberterrorism, cyberwarfare and mass surveillance) or in manners that violate democratic values and principles. Therefore, it is the responsibility of technology governance bodies to align the future of cognitive technology with democratic principles such as individual freedom, avoidance of centralized, equality of opportunity and open development. This paper provides a preliminary description of an approach to the democratization of cognitive technologies based on six normative ethical principles: avoidance of centralized control, openness, transparency, inclusiveness, user-centeredness and convergence. This approach is designed to universalize and evenly distribute the potential benefits of cognitive technology and mitigate the risk that such emerging technological trend could be coopted by State or non-State actors in ways that are inconsistent with the principles of liberal democracy or detrimental to individuals and groups.
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1
In 2001, the Coventry University organized a conference called “Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind” which marked an important milestone in the study of CT (Beynon et al. 2003).
 
3
The program was called the Creeper and spread through the early Bulletin Board networks (Ferbrache 1992).
 
4
The workshop and the resulting white paper adopted the label “technologies for cognitive enhancement” to describe a large variety of technological applications holding “capabilities to enhance human cognition” (Sarewitz and Karas 2007).
 
5
During the 2012 Neurotech Leaders Forum, leaders of the neurotechnology industry and venture capital professionals discussed the impact of FDA approval cycles on commercialization of neurotechnology devices and investment in neurotechnology startups. They stated that “it was very difficult for them to invest in devices that require a premarket approval path through the FDA” due to “FDA tardiness in approving new devices”(Cavuoto 2012).
 
6
This definition of democratization is built upon the broad definition of democracy developed by T. Christiano. See Christiano (1993, 2004).
 
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For more detailed information on Microsoft’s approach see Microsoft Cognitive Services’ Documentation: https://​www.​microsoft.​com/​cognitive-services/​en-us/​documentation. Last accessed: 30 January 2017.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Democratizing cognitive technology: a proactive approach
verfasst von
Marcello Ienca
Publikationsdatum
19.06.2018
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Ethics and Information Technology / Ausgabe 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1388-1957
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-8439
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9453-9

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