Although this research should continue in order to make new medical
breakthroughs and help people, it should also raise concerns, since it’s funded
by a company that both wants to predict your actions and, in some cases,
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precise and people-friendly. Nevertheless, we’ve seen how privacy problems can
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would use the technology for this purpose. Ads are highly manipulative, and
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a dubious political agenda. Nevertheless, advertising revenue reached nearly
$105 billion in 2017. Imagine what companies will pay for actual thoughts.
Of course, Facebook insists their Brain API will only read the thoughts you want
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We are developing an interface that allows you to communicate with the
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communications that you have already decided to share by sending them to
the speech center of your brain. Privacy will be built into this system, as
every Facebook effort.Skepticism aside, consider how many times you’ve put your foot in your own
mouth or wished you hadn’t said something even as you’re saying it. Consider
having everything you ever say on the record. Do you want Facebook to have
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start caring about Facebook’s research. Because we already know what happens
when we wait.
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