Archive for the ‘ethics’ category: Page 28
Dec 20, 2021
Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
Posted by Johnathan Doetry in categories: ethics, robotics/AI, transportation
How close are we to having fully autonomous vehicles on the roads? Are they safe? In Chandler, Arizona a fleet of Waymo vehicles are already in operation. Waymo sponsored this video and provided access to their technology and personnel. Check out their safety report here: https://waymo.com/safety/
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Dec 19, 2021
AI debates its own ethics at Oxford University, concludes the only way to be safe is “no AI at all”
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: business, ethics, military, robotics/AI
Who better to answer the pros and cons of artificial intelligence than an actual AI?
Students at Oxford’s Said Business School hosted an unusual debate about the ethics of facial recognition software, the problems of an AI arms race, and AI stock trading. The debate was unusual because it involved an AI participant, previously fed with a huge range of data such as the entire Wikipedia and plenty of news articles.
Dec 17, 2021
Moral enhancement explained: Can science make us better people?
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, ethics, science
Could a pill make you more moral? Should you take it if it could?
Dec 14, 2021
Can an Artificial Intelligence Be Ethical? Researchers Asked AI, and It Sees Both Sides
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: ethics, robotics/AI
Welcome to the future of moral dilemmas.
Not a day passes without a fascinating snippet on the ethical challenges created by “black box” artificial intelligence systems. These use machine learning to figure out patterns within data and make decisions — often without a human giving them any moral basis for how to do it.
Dec 12, 2021
Reddit-trained artificial intelligence warns researchers about… itself
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: ethics, habitats, robotics/AI
But wait, should we believe it?
An artificial intelligence warning AI researchers about the dangers of AI sounds like the setup of a delightful B movie, but truth is often stranger than fiction.
A professor and a fellow at the University of Oxford came face to face with that reality when they invited an AI to participate in a debate at the Oxford Union on, you guessed it, the ethics of AI. Specifically, as Dr. Alex Connock and Professor Andrew Stephen explain in the Conversation, the prompt was “This house believes that AI will never be ethical.” The AI, it seems, agreed.
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Dec 11, 2021
Did That Chatbot Just Make A Rude Joke?
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: ethics, humor, robotics/AI
PolyAI Ltd. is an ambitious startup that creates artificial voices to replace call center operators. Based in London, it has raised $28 million to bring AI-powered customer service to Metro Bank Plc, BP Plc and more. The idea is that instead of the nightmare of dialing random digits in a decision tree, you can instead ask to, say, book a table and a voice — with just the slightest inflection of its machine-learning origins — responds with great civility. That’s nice. But there was a brief moment two years ago when it wasn’t polite at all.
A software developer with PolyAI who was testing the system, asked about booking a table for himself and a Serbian friend. “Yes, we allow children at the restaurant,” the voice bot replied, according to PolyAI founder Nikola Mrksic. Seemingly out of nowhere, the bot was trying make an obnoxious joke about people from Serbia. When it was asked about bringing a Polish friend, it replied, “Yes, but you can’t bring your own booze.”
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Dec 3, 2021
Can Science Survive the Death of the Universe?
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, climatology, cosmology, ethics, neuroscience, particle physics, science, sustainability
Let me back up a moment. I recently concurred with megapundit Steven Pinker that over the last two centuries we have achieved material, moral and intellectual progress, which should give us hope that we can achieve still more. I expected, and have gotten, pushback. Pessimists argue that our progress will prove to be ephemeral; that we will inevitably succumb to our own nastiness and stupidity and destroy ourselves.
Maybe, maybe not. Just for the sake of argument, let’s say that within the next century or two we solve our biggest problems, including tyranny, injustice, poverty, pandemics, climate change and war. Let’s say we create a world in which we can do pretty much anything we choose. Many will pursue pleasure, finding ever more exciting ways to enjoy themselves. Others may seek spiritual enlightenment or devote themselves to artistic expression.
No matter what our descendants choose to do, some will surely keep investigating the universe and everything in it, including us. How long can the quest for knowledge continue? Not long, I argued 25 years ago this month in The End of Science, which contends that particle physics, cosmology, neuroscience and other fields are bumping into fundamental limits. I still think I’m right, but I could be wrong. Below I describe the views of three physicists—Freeman Dyson, Roger Penrose and David Deutsch—who hold that knowledge seeking can continue for a long, long time, and possibly forever, even in the face of the heat death of the universe.
Nov 30, 2021
The Four Part Cure For Life: Epicurus
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, ethics
Epicurus and epicurean philosophy may not be as popular as stoicism in today’s world, however, different philosophies might work for different people. The insights of epicurean ethics including God, death, pleasure, friends, love, and more can influence the way you might act. Although it may not be as popular today, it has still influenced many others throughout history such as Spinoza.
In this video, I explain the ‘four part cure for life’ as shown from The Epicurus Reader. This includes not fearing God or death and what pleasures one should strive for and avoid. I mainly quote from the letter to menoeceus, but the principal doctrines also provide good sayings.
I hope this video gives you some insight as to how you might act and hopefully you find something useful from it.
Song: FSM Team feat. escp — Lazy Afternoon.
Nov 29, 2021
Scientists Put a Worm Brain in a Lego Robot Body
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: ethics, life extension, robotics/AI
Circa 2017
The brain is really little more than a collection of electrical signals. If we can learn to catalogue those then, in theory, you could upload someone’s mind into a computer, allowing them to live forever as a digital form of consciousness, just like in the Johnny Depp film Transcendence.
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