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[1P1-GS-10-02] Philosophical Investigations concerning an Interacting Model of Human and Machine

〇Makoto Koike^1,2 (1. Micro Patent Office, 2. Makoto Koike Microwave Research Institute)

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Keywords:neurofeedback, brain wave, free will, radar

US Patent No. 3951134 relates to a machine for changing the brain wave of a subject. The machine is a kind of an anti-personnel radar, comprising a transmitter for irradiating microwave onto the head of the subject; a receiver for receiving the reflection at the head of the subject; and a computer for analyzing the reflection to obtain brain waves. A feedback signal is transmitted to the head of the subject so as to change the brain waves, thereby allowing the machine to intervene the free will of the subject.
US Patent No. 7150715 improves the neurofeedback machine such that distributed artificial intelligence is used as the computer.
Since these machines apply anti-personnel radar, the brain waves can be obtained without any consent from the subject. But as an ethical matter, the consent of the subject should be mandatory.
From the perspective of philosophy, Leibniz submits that the preestablished harmony is realized through monads. Presumably, the preestablished harmony would be achieved when the machine intervenes in the free will of the humanity. Similarly, the categorical imperative, which is the core of the moral philosophy of Kant, would be realized by the machine for intervening in the free will.