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Nita A. Farahany

Duke Law; 'The Battle for Your Brain'

Professor of law and philosophy at Duke; author of 'The Battle for Your Brain' (2023) on neurotechnology, AI, and cognitive liberty. Member of the National Advisory Council on Bioethics.

current Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy, Duke University

homepage @NitaFarahany

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Near-term harms firstendorses

Documented present harms outweigh speculative existential narratives

Argues cognitive liberty, the right to mental privacy and self-determination over one's own thoughts, must be enshrined as a foundational right in the AI/neurotech era.

Cognitive liberty is the right to mental self-determination. Without it, AI and neurotech turn the brain itself into the next frontier for surveillance and manipulation.

❧ bookThe Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology· St. Martin's Press· 2023· faithful paraphrase

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