6 May 2024

Brain technology: A step forward, or a dystopian nightmare?

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 6 May 2024

Could technology implanted into our brains transform society for the better?

Or will neurotechnology cause more harm than good, putting our human rights at risk? 

Elon Musk's Neuralink was established to create a thought-triggered computer interface in a person's brain, and the technology has recently started clinical trials.

Dr Allan McCay is Deputy Director of The Sydney Institute of Criminology and an Academic Fellow at the University of Sydney's Law School, with a particular focus on neurotechnology.

He joins Emile Donovan.

This video grab from the online Neuralink livestream shows the Neuralink disk implant held by Elon Musk during a presentation on August 28, 2020.

This video grab from the online Neuralink livestream shows the Neuralink disk implant held by Elon Musk during a presentation on August 28, 2020. Photo: Neuralink / AFP