For a while now, I’ve been waiting for devout claims that Jesus will return as a robot (along with similar claims about the Islamic Mahdi). I’m not… Read more “Mechanical messiah”
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AI art and the ethics of powerpoint (etc.)
So the rise of generative art has many of us debating questions of ethics that really we should have been debating for ages. For years, scholars, business… Read more “AI art and the ethics of powerpoint (etc.)”
Endless Chat about ChatGPT
I know, I’m in the minority: I don’t think that ChatGPT is all that great an invention. Not only are its bias guardrails ridiculous, such as with… Read more “Endless Chat about ChatGPT”
“AI lawyer” and the ethics of AI development
It’s in the news right now that a defendant will rely on an assist from an artificial intelligence project designed to level the playing field between ordinary… Read more ““AI lawyer” and the ethics of AI development”
Scientific progress and the presumed necessity of suffering
There’s a great moment in Michel Serres’s Statues in which – responding to the Challenger disaster – he describes spaceflight as a form of human sacrifice. He… Read more “Scientific progress and the presumed necessity of suffering”
Futures of Artificial Intelligence – sampler
Today I remembered how I’m allowed by OUP to upload portions of my book for folks to read a bit (and hopefully be excited by!). So I… Read more “Futures of Artificial Intelligence – sampler”
Jesus toast, the Turing Test, and imagining artificial intelligence
Every week brings the latest wonderful accomplishment in chatbots, machine learning, and other would-be artificial intelligences of the sentient variety: most absurdly, the recent thrill of a… Read more “Jesus toast, the Turing Test, and imagining artificial intelligence”
AI policy recommendations
One of the things that I engaged last year was an extensive set of conversations, workshops, and public events on AI ethics. I was involved with those… Read more “AI policy recommendations”
Human and transhuman dignity
This semester, I’m teaching a brand new class: FutureProofing Humanity. The course takes as its premise that some people have a religious worldview of using science and… Read more “Human and transhuman dignity”
Robots: The Stuff of Religion
Many years ago, I wrote a paper arguing that religious cultures help explain why — particularly at that time — U.S. scientists and engineers were more interested… Read more “Robots: The Stuff of Religion”
Robert M Geraci 