Minding rights: Mapping ethical and legal foundations of 'neurorights'

no code implementations • 13 Feb 2023 • Sjors Ligthart, Marcello Ienca, Gerben Meynen, Fruzsina Molnar-Gabor, Roberto Andorno, Christoph Bublitz, Paul Catley, Lisa Claydon, Thomas Douglas, Nita Farahany, Joseph J. Fins, Sara Goering, Pim Haselager, Fabrice Jotterand, Andrea Lavazza, Allan McCay, Abel Wajnerman Paz, Stephen Rainey, Jesper Ryberg, Philipp Kellmeyer

The rise of neurotechnologies, especially in combination with AI-based methods for brain data analytics, has given rise to concerns around the protection of mental privacy, mental integrity and cognitive liberty - often framed as 'neurorights' in ethical, legal and policy discussions.

Fairness and Bias in Robot Learning

no code implementations • 7 Jul 2022 • Laura Londoño, Juana Valeria Hurtado, Nora Hertz, Philipp Kellmeyer, Silja Voeneky, Abhinav Valada

In this work, we present the first survey on fairness in robot learning from an interdisciplinary perspective spanning technical, ethical, and legal challenges.

BIG-bench Machine Learning Fairness

The spatial scale dimension of speech processing in the human brain

no code implementations • 19 Jan 2022 • Philipp Kellmeyer, Roland Berkemeier, Tonio Ball

As most fMRI studies only use a single filter for analysis, much information on the size and shape of the BOLD signal in Gaussian scale space remains hidden and constrains the interpretation of fMRI studies.

Towards a Governance Framework for Brain Data

no code implementations • 24 Sep 2021 • Marcello Ienca, Joseph J. Fins, Ralf J. Jox, Fabrice Jotterand, Silja Voeneky, Roberto Andorno, Tonio Ball, Claude Castelluccia, Ricardo Chavarriaga, Hervé Chneiweiss, Agata Ferretti, Orsolya Friedrich, Samia Hurst, Grischa Merkel, Fruzsina Molnar-Gabor, Jean-Marc Rickli, James Scheibner, Effy Vayena, Rafael Yuste, Philipp Kellmeyer

The increasing availability of brain data within and outside the biomedical field, combined with the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to brain data analysis, poses a challenge for ethics and governance.

Ethics