AI, Mental Health, and Criminal Justice Reform

This portfolio presents two original visionary proposals developed independently by Mariarosaria Ottaiano (Naples, Italy; London, UK). The Open Brain – a framework for ethically redirecting AI-driven eye-tracking and behavioural analytics from commercial exploitation toward public health and safety. The concept explores how everyday digital devices could act as “open brains,” enabling early detection of mental health vulnerabilities, radicalisation risks, and criminal tendencies while safeguarding human rights. Democratic Sentencing for Organized Crime – a novel legal model reframing organized crime as both a psychological pathology and a societal danger. The proposal envisions sentencing determined transparently by the population within strict legal frameworks, reducing corruption, weakening mafia power, and restoring justice as a shared social responsibility. Both papers bridge AI, psychology, law, and human rights, combining feasible near-term research opportunities with long-term visionary thinking. This work is intended to inspire academic debate, public policy innovation, and interdisciplinary research.