Featured Rachel Robison-Greene | 23 Aug 2022 State of Surveillance: Should Your Car Be Able to Call the Cops? All-seeing eye? For all its convenience, technology often betrays us.
Technology Louisa Savageaux | 18 Aug 2022 Virtual Influencers: Harmless Advertising or Dystopian Deception? Why the protest over marketing's inevitable plunge into uncanny valley?
Toward an Ethical Theory of Consciousness for AI It's alive? How can we tell when AI comes to possess an inner life? 17 Aug 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
The Ethics of Manipulinks Are you sure you want to forfeit your chance to learn more? 10 Aug 2022 | Cargile Williams
LaMDA, Lemoine, and the Problem with Sentience What's the most important takeaway from this cautionary tale? 27 Jul 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
AI Sentience and Moral Risk There may be reasons to doubt Lemoine, but it's best err on the side of caution. 22 Jun 2022 | Dustin Crummett
The Curious Case of LaMDA, the AI that Claimed to Be Sentient What characteristics are required for a thing to demonstrate consciousness? 22 Jun 2022 | Daniel Story
The Real Threat of AI How do we decide which pursuits are worth doing when we know whatever the task, machines can do it better? 14 Jun 2022 | Nicholas Kreuder
The Ethics of AI Behavior Manipulation Given that algorithms manipulate user behavior and others can manipulate the algorithm, can we ever trust the algorithm as a force for good? 8 Jun 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Can Machines Be Morally Responsible? Are artificial intelligence systems an appropriate target for blame when things go wrong? 24 May 2022 | Cargile Williams
Kill-Switch Tractors and Techno-Pessimism Are the constantly-evolving technological forces we hope to master forging a better world or a worse one? 23 May 2022 | Megan Fritts
No Fun and Games The same psychological nudges that make gamification so effective are the very same that make it so dangerous. 28 Apr 2022 | Daniel Story
Sexual Violence in the Metaverse: Are We Really “There”? What are the relevant differences separating the physical and the virtual spaces that might explain how our treatment changes? 27 Apr 2022 | Orkan Ernalbant
AI and Pure Science Can we really continue to maintain the thin line that divides knowledge from application? 19 Apr 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is It Time to Nationalize YouTube and Facebook? Might these harmful platforms offer public goods requiring a government-sponsored alternative? 5 Apr 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Content Moderation and Emotional Trauma The psychological suffering inflicted by wading through the internet's darkest corners should not be discounted. 15 Mar 2022 | Megan Fritts
Why Starlink Isn’t Leaving Enough Space What moral concerns ground NASA's concern with SpaceX's satellite system? 10 Mar 2022 | Daniel Burkett
Virtually Inhumane: Is It Wrong to Speak Cruelly to Chatbots? Do we have any reason to insert ourselves into the private relationship between a user and their AI? 1 Feb 2022 | Megan Fritts
Correcting Bias in A.I.: Lessons from Philosophy of Science Is there any such thing as a view from nowhere? Do we know how to get there? 27 Jan 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
The Morality of “Sharenting” Whose interests should speak loudest when considering whether to make all those awkward childhood moments public? 24 Jan 2022 | Daniel Burkett
Who Is Accountable for Inductive Risk in AI? When the algorithm makes a mistake, whose responsibility is it to provide an explanation? 15 Dec 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
The Ethical and Epistemic Consequences of Hiding YouTube Dislikes What might be the tangible impact of a seemingly innocuous policy change? 9 Dec 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
