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The Ethical Risks of China’s ‘Brain Control’ Tech

China's military is researching implantable machine-brain interfaces that could be used for brainwashing

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The Ethical Risks of China’s ‘Brain Control’ Tech
A University of Florida student uses a brain-controlled interface headset to fly a drone during a mind-controlled drone race in Gainesville, Fla., on April 16, 2016. Jason Dearen/AP Photo
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
12/23/2021|Updated: 12/27/2021
News Analysis

The U.S. government recently accused China of developing “brain-control weaponry,” a type of technology that raises major ethical issues when adopted by a totalitarian, genocidal, and territorially aggressive regime.

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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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