Section III will provide a brief methodological overview focused on normativity and DARPA’s process of engagement with the invited ELSI Panel. Section II introduces the reader to the DARPA ADAPTER Program and how the semi-autonomous complex socio-technical ADAPTER implantable system works. The article is divided into seven sections. The article describes how we may begin to consider the implications of the new biological technology built for warfighters, and the aspects that need to be addressed before such an innovation is diffused into the military. The importance of the multi/inter/trans-discipline, as Norbert Wiener so clearly articulated in the study of cybernetics, will be presented alongside the emergence of the broader domain of science, technology, society and environment (STSE). The article will define ELSI with a broad introduction to socio-technical systems. The aim of this article is to develop a conceptual framework focused on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) in the context of a semi-autonomous complex socio-technical system, i.e., the ADAPTER implantable. Keywords-DARPA, ADAPTER, implants, ELSI, ethics, law, social, implications, complexity, transdisciplinary, autonomous I. The paper’s contribution is in defining ELSI, understanding ELSI aspects embedded in socio-technical systems design, the role of transdisciplinarity when applying ELSI, and presenting a conceptual framework that will be used to interrogate ADAPTER throughout the lifetime of the Program. The methodology employed in the work uses normativity to address the question of desirability and permissibility of an implantable for warfighters to achieve the goal of better sleep cycles and the diminishment of traveler’s diarrhea. This paper is written in my capacity as an unpaid ELSI panelist providing insights to the project and technical teams engaged with ADAPTER.
ADAPTER aims to develop a travel adapter for the human body, an implantable or ingestible bioelectronic carrier. DARPA’s ADAPTER Program: Applying the ELSI Approach to a Semi-Autonomous Complex Socio-Technical SystemĪbstract-This paper presents a conceptual framework for Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects (ELSA) of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) ADvanced Acclimation and Protection Tool for Environmental Readiness (ADAPTER) Program.
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