Education Richard Gibson | 24 Jan 2023 ChatGPT and Deception What's the real harm that ChatGPT brings to the classroom?
Technology Kenneth Boyd | 23 Jan 2023 Calibrating Trust Amidst Information Chaos What's the real value of that little blue check mark in the online space?
Driving with the Machine: Self-Driving Cars, Responsibility, and Moral Luck Even self-driving cars can't let us off the (moral) hook. 8 Dec 2022 | Daniel Story
AI Writing and Epistemic Dilution Why not have a million monkeys hammering away at a million keyboards til the end of time? 20 Oct 2022 | Kenneth Boyd
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
Too Clever for Our Own Good?: Moral Bioenhancement and Existential Harm How should we guard against the fact that our power outstrips our knowledge? 18 Oct 2022 | Richard Gibson
Were Parts of Your Mind Made in a Factory? Mind embodied? What might it mean for our cognitive processes to take place outside the confines of the brain? 8 Sep 2022 | Daniel Story
State of Surveillance: Should Your Car Be Able to Call the Cops? All-seeing eye? For all its convenience, technology often betrays us. 23 Aug 2022 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Virtual Influencers: Harmless Advertising or Dystopian Deception? Why the protest over marketing's inevitable plunge into uncanny valley? 18 Aug 2022 | Louisa Savageaux
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