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American Military Analyst Peter Emanuel said that in the coming years, soldiers will be improved various biotechnologies. This will lead to many ethical and legal issues. This was reported by the information Business Insider.
US forces are confident that in the next thirty years in soldiers will appear in the ranks of the military, having various modifications: ocular, auditory, neural and others. For example, in the retina will be implanted with microdevices or neural implants that improve the quality of the soldier’s vision, as well as adding new abilities.
Emanuel believes that the first to experience the data improvements, there will be people who have lost their sight or limb. These operations will be fully justified and should not be questioned. to arise. However, if it comes to improving existing abilities, then there may be legal and ethical Problems.
The main problems will arise not during the service of a soldier, but when he will return to civilian life. Remain with him technologies that he can apply for personal purposes. For instance, improved mental abilities he decides to use in gambling games. In addition, it becomes an easily accessible target for potential adversary cyber technology.
The analyst believes that government and the legal system are always will lag behind the development of technology. There is no clear definition or criterion what it means to be human, and application technology will only complicate this issue.
Andrey Vetrov
