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”
Tag: artificial-intelligence
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”
Not much of a eulogy at the demise of not much of a church of artificial intelligence
It turns out that Anthony Levandowski’s Way of the Future Church wasn’t the way anyone was looking for: TechCrunch recently posted about that WotF is closing its… Read more “Not much of a eulogy at the demise of not much of a church of artificial intelligence”
Japan’s contribution to the ethics of AI and robotics
I started this post several ages ago but I never got around to finishing it. One of my more widely cited ideas was one that I hoped… Read more “Japan’s contribution to the ethics of AI and robotics”
The Paperclip Singularity
Last fall I was at the AI conference hosted by the CPG in Bangkok, sitting next to Erik Vermeulen of Tilburg University and Phillips Electronics, when a… Read more “The Paperclip Singularity”
A Public Option for Artificial Intelligence
Hard on the heels of my recent participation in the conference on “Governing the Future: Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, and Dataism” in Thailand, this morning I found myself… Read more “A Public Option for Artificial Intelligence”
Artificial intelligence, data, and the law
In mid-October, I had the privilege of being invited to a terrific conference on AI hosted by the German-Southeast Asian Center for Good Governance and Public Policy… Read more “Artificial intelligence, data, and the law”