Mind to Mind (M2M) Communication In The Digital (IoT & AI +) Interactions Age
By Amali De Silva – Mitchell, Futurist
“Mind to Mind” Communication is not a new concept, and several authors have written on this concept and theme. The acronym M2M seems to be appropriate for the digital space in keeping with the B2B (Business To Business) concept. The Buddha spoke of the six senses of the human, and telepathy (called the sixth sense) is one of these senses, which is commonly acknowledged in the Asian Heritage. The heritage Western societies, talk of telepathy as well. The Christian Society of St Francis of Assisi, talk about the ability to commune with birds and animals alike. The reality of this sixth sense, by tradition, has been the realm of mystics and spiritualists, in both the Asian and Western societies, to now. However, we are seeing it being used in digital technology in real terms, and the use of it, is pitched to rise in a myriad of exponential forms, most of which may be unprecedented.
What has changed and is becoming relevant and critical, is to now understand that this technology is recording and retaining mind / brain wave signals and using these techniques to control technology, its applications and outputs. Mind / brain signals in wireless form are translate back in to audible form, translated in to physical movement of humans and objects, transmitted, shared, recorded, used for people profiling such as in conjunction with voice recognition and so forth. Who will be authorized to collect, store, use and dispose of this data segment of values? How will Artificial Intelligence and IoT use these data values?
Currently from the public record, we are aware that for instance amputees are able to move a prothesis using their mind waves as if it was a human appendage. The disabled can control their wheel chair operations. M2M is a form of sound, as it is currently being captured as wave signals, although other forms of record may be developed in to the future. It could be used in the first instance to trigger a physical action, but with advancement it will develop in to more complex behavioral conditioning, coordinating or controlling tools. It will be used in autonomous robots and to control the home music system alike! But is the record and use of the sixth sense, just to be treated as sound files as it is being interpreted as today, or is it more than that? The sixth sense has always been synonymous with intuition, higher power reasoning, meaning and intent. This is the realm that Artificial Intelligence is embarking on for the human future and it is uncharted digital and human spaces.
The data collected under these current medical and other activities should be directly mentioned under the protections of the European, EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This data should be managed with discretion, sophistication and care with respect to all cultural and relevant stake-holder observations in these matters, but must not be controlled by one party. There should be a standard of mutual respect where each stake-holder, even a minority, should have the authority to make their own choices in these matters. There is a real lack of transparency around this data segment and how it is handled for the public. The public has a right to know of these emerging issues so that they are aware of how to adapt to its regulation or non-regulation. Right now, the traditions of society on these matters are tribal!
The 2019 Eurodig Conference program has scheduled a session to discuss these as well as other emerging issues in this digital communications space.