Technology Matthew S.W. Silk | 15 Mar 2024 Should AI Reflect Us as We Are or as We Wish to Be? Both answers comes with real consequences.
TV and Film Matthew S.W. Silk | 16 Feb 2024 Utilitarian Justification for Survivor Cannibalism? Not so black-and-white?
Accountability for the Boy Who Cried "Misinformation" Good epistemic hygiene cuts both ways. 15 Nov 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
"Grief Tech": A Blessing or a Curse? Our fascination with the dead and expanding AI power pushes us even deeper into the unknown. 23 Oct 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Does the Public Get a Say on Interest Rates? What influence should the political sphere have over the economic? 15 Sep 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is It Better to Intervene in Niger or Not? How should we weigh the potential consequences of our decision? 14 Aug 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
What Titan Teaches About Technological Recklessness Move fast and break things? 19 Jul 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is Canadian Democracy Getting Weaker? What does legitimate democratic oversight demand? 12 Jun 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Should AI Development Be Stopped? What are the doomsayers really telling us? 17 May 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Are Safeguards Enough for Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Law? How much weight should respect for autonomy have? 1 May 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Ethical Dilemmas in Lunar Mining and Colonization How much longer can the Moon remain without a master? 23 Mar 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is Abandoning Objective Journalism a Moral Failure? Do we know what we're giving up? 1 Mar 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Can We Declare the Death of "Personal Truth"? Is it time to march on from the post-truth era? 25 Jan 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Man v. Machine: The Ethics of AI Art What does the future look like for creative pursuits when AI art can be crowned? 30 Nov 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
On Canada's Oath of Allegiance Why should citizens swear allegiance to the Crown? 9 Nov 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
High Theory and Ethical AI Applied or theoretical? What's the best approach when building a code of conduct from the ground up? 19 Oct 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
'Dahmer' and the Dramatization of Crime By what standard should we judge true crime beyond mere entertainment value? 17 Oct 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is It Wrong to Say the Pandemic Is Over? Was Biden wrong in declaring victory too soon? 26 Sep 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
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
LaMDA, Lemoine, and the Problem with Sentience What's the most important takeaway from this cautionary tale? 27 Jul 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Constitutional Deadlock Over Privacy: A Third Way? Is there a realistic solution to popular dissatisfaction with the Court? 8 Jul 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk