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Mind Matters
Date
September 14, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Are social media companies violating anti-trust laws?

_{DOJ to investigate} _{Mind Matters
September 14, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

The efforts of social media companies to meddle in politics may now be getting pushback from politicians. Read More ›

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
September 13, 2018

Categorized
Business and Finance, Ethics, Machine Learning

Tagged
bitcoin, trust}

How Bitcoin Works: The social value of trust

_{Jonathan Bartlett
September 13, 2018

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Business and Finance, Ethics, Machine Learning}

The idea of employing such a game to guarantee validity in a trustless environment is nothing short of groundbreaking. It is an amazing accomplishment, and I am impressed by it more each time I think about it. However, it does have some drawbacks, which, I think, will ultimately lead to its demise.

Twitter doesn’t just seem out of control

_{It actually is.} _{Mind Matters
September 12, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Social media may be changing the world more than we think. And we may need some social leadership in fighting back against Twitter mobs. It probably won’t emerge from within because bullies are usually cowards. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 10, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Social Factors

Tagged
legal personhood, personhood}

Can machines be persons?

_{What would the real effect of legal personhood for machines be?} _{Mind Matters
September 10, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Social Factors}

For some, it's a moral issue: sociologist and futurist James Hughes considers existing rights language to be "often human-racist" and "unethical." Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 5, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Natural Intelligence

Tagged
bioethics, drones, Heather Zeiger, killer drones, lethal autonomous weapons}

Will killer drones make killing easier?

_{That, says a bioethicist, depends on who the pilots are} _{Mind Matters
September 5, 2018

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Ethics, Natural Intelligence}

Heather Zeiger tells us that traditional aerial combat pilots tend to think the same way when piloting drones from an office but it may be a different story when cell phone addicts, who tend to lack empathy, are recruited. Read More ›

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Eric Holloway
Date
September 4, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
drones, lethal autonomous weapons, Mechanized Warfare}

Slaughterbots: How far is too far?

_{And how will we know if we have crossed a line?} _{Eric Holloway
September 4, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

A greater focus should be on restoring the foundations of our nation over building superweapons. And the key foundation is all human beings' right to life. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 29, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Social Factors

Tagged
Silicon Valley, social media, Technocracy}

Silicon Valley as a Colonial Power

_{Irish writer asks us to look more carefully at claims about “liberation”} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 29, 2018

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Ethics, Social Factors}

The social media companies will force us to define ourselves over against the specifications of our would-be programmers. And say what you want about the conflict, it will never be dull. Read More ›