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Welcome to the Ethics Department at Carboncopies, where we delve into the complex and fascinating world of whole brain emulation ethics. Our mission is to foster informed discussions and engage a diverse audience through events, panels, and educational resources. Here, you can explore the ethical dimensions of replicating human consciousness and the implications it holds for society and the future. Whether you are a student, a professional, or simply curious about this groundbreaking field, we invite you to join us in navigating these profound questions. Together, let's build a thoughtful and responsible approach to the possibilities of whole brain emulation.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
🚀 Join Us for a panel discussion on the Neuroethics of Whole Brain Emulation and Mind-Uploading, this Sunday, June 30th 🧠
🗓 Date: Sunday, June 30, 2024
🕒 Time: 10 am PST, 1 pm EST, 19:00 CET
📍 Link to Join: https://lnkd.in/giuD3GaW or https://carboncopies.org/cortex
Panel Highlights:
🔹 Explore what gives digital minds moral consideration
🔹 Future of work with digital minds
🔹 Neurosecurity and privacy of mental data
🔹 Ethics of human cognitive enhancement
🔹 Existential risks of WBE technology
🔹 Philosophical and ethical questions of advanced neurotechnologies, like WBE
🔹 Engage with scientists and philosophers as they debate the implications of advanced neurotechnology on humanity.
Our Esteemed Panelists:
Dr. Anders Sandburg, Senior Researcher at Institute for Futures Studies
Dr. Randal Koene, Chief Science Officer at Carboncopies
Dr. Florian Neukart, Chief Product Officer at Terra Quantum, Professor of Quantum Computing at Leiden University, Author
Dr. Robin Hanson, Professor Of Economics at George Mason University, Author of "The Age of Em"
Dr. Henry Shevlin, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, Associate Director at Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Dr. Tim Campbell, Research Fellow at Institute for Futures Studies
Dr. Keith Wiley, PhD Data Scientist Connectomics
This panel is a must-attend for anyone interested in the intersection of technology, ethics, and the future of human cognition. Whether you’re a professional, academic, or enthusiast, join us for an enlightening and thought-provoking discussion!
Key Discussion Points:
- How will whole brain emulation influence society, the economy, and the future of work?
- How do we address the ethical concerns surrounding mind-uploading?
- What implications does this technology have for our understanding of consciousness and identity?
PAST EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING RESOURCES
EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING RESOURCES
What is neuroethics?
Neuroethics is an interdisciplinary field that studies the ethical, legal, and social implications of neuroscience. It addresses questions about the impact of brain research and neurotechnologies on human behavior, identity, privacy, and society. Neuroethics involves exploring moral dilemmas related to neuroenhancement, brain data privacy, informed consent, and the implications of neurological findings on concepts like free will and moral responsibility. The field aims to ensure that advancements in neuroscience are developed and applied in ways that are ethically sound and socially beneficial.
Intelligence Unbound explores the prospects, promises, and potential dangers of machine intelligence and uploaded minds in a collection of state-of-the-art essays from internationally recognized philosophers, AI researchers, science fiction authors, and theorists.
Journal of Medical Ethics is a leading journal covering the whole field of medical ethics, promoting ethical reflection and conduct in scientific research and medical practice.
The International Neuroethics Society is an association of professionals and students interested in neuroethics. Our mission is to encourage and inspire research and dialogue on the responsible use of advances in brain science.
The Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published online (ISSN 2166-5087), aimed at the promotion of scholarship across disciplines, as well as expanding the reach and understanding of the neurosciences and implications in the legal, social and ethical realms. It is our policy to never charge readers to access the journal or authors to publish scholarship in it.
The Neuroethics Journal is a forum for interdisciplinary studies in neuroethics and related issues in the sciences of the mind. The focus is on ethical issues posed by new technologies developed via neuroscience, such as psycho-pharmaceuticals and other ways of intervening in the mind; the practice of neuroscience itself, including problems posed by incidental findings in imaging work on research subjects; regulation of neuroscientific technologies, and ways in which the sciences of the mind illuminate traditional moral and philosophical problems, such as the nature of free will and moral responsibility, self-deception, weakness of the will and the nature of personhood.
The novel, The Age of Em: Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model with the same connections on a fast computer, and you have a robot brain, but recognizably human. Train an em to do some job and copy it a million times: an army of workers is at your disposal. When they can be made cheaply, within perhaps a century, ems will displace humans in most jobs. In this new economic era, the world economy may double in size every few weeks.Some say we can't know the future, especially following such a disruptive new technology, but Professor Robin Hanson sets out to prove them wrong. Applying decades of expertise in physics, computer science, and economics, he uses standard theories to paint a detailed picture of a world dominated by ems. While human lives don't change greatly in the em era, em lives are as different from ours as our lives are from those of our farmer and forager ancestors. Ems make us question common assumptions of moral progress, because they reject many of the values we hold dear. Read about em mind speeds, body sizes, job training and career paths, energy use and cooling infrastructure, virtual reality, aging and retirement, death and immortality, security, wealth inequality, religion, teleportation, identity, cities, politics, law, war, status, friendship and love. This book shows you just how strange your descendants may be, though ems are no stranger than we would appear to our ancestors. To most ems, it seems good to be an em.
REGISTER AN ETHICAL CONCERN
REGISTER AN ETHICAL CONCERN
We value your insights on the ethical implications of whole brain emulation. If you have any ethical concerns or questions, please share them with us by filling out the form provided on this section of the website. Each submission will be carefully reviewed and processed by a member of the Ethics Team at Carboncopies. Your input is crucial in guiding responsible research and development in this field. Thank you for contributing to this important discussion.
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