The Mind-Bending World of Neurotechnologies

With little fanfare, technologies that manipulate brain activity (both external and implanted) pose dangers to health, identity, and society, even as they achieve medical successes.

By Robert Martone | April 15, 2020 | Cognition, Ethics, Health, Neurology, Philosophy, Psychology | Agency, BCI, BRAIN Initiative, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Coercion, DARPA, DBS, Deep Brain Stimulation, Depression, ECT, Electrical Brain Stimulation, Electroceuticals, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Elon Musk, Halo Sport, Identity, Inequality, Manipulation, Memory, Military, Neuralink, Neurotechnologies, Parkinson's Disease, Performance, Performance Enhancement, Personality, TES, Therapy, TMS, Transcranial Electrical Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Is it Time to Separate Science From Technology?

While science and technology are usually paired in modern discourse, the false relationship hides ulterior motives.

By Olufemi Terry | May 30, 2018 | Culture, Knowledge, Philosophy, Religion, Society | Against the Grain, Agriculture, Climate Change, Daniel Kahneman, Darwin, David Keith, Ecomodernism, Elizabeth Kolbert, Elon Musk, Evolution, Extinction, Geoengineering, Inequality, Innovation, Inquiry, Intelligent Design, James C. Scott, Mars, Military-Industrial Complex, Obesity, Peter Thiel, Religion, Science, Sedentarism, Steven Pinker, Techno-optimism, Techno-utopians, Technology, Thought

Superman and the Singularity

A recent discussion of the AI film Ex Machina brings up ideas about the desire for the perfectability of humans and our irresistable urge to play god.

By Tom Valovic | November 15, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Ethics, Identity, Philosophy, Society | AI, Albert Einstein, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, David Cox, Elon Musk, Ethics, Film, Friedrich Nietzsche, God, Humanity, Justice, Law, Movies, Perfectability, Perfection, Ray Kurzweil, Sara Watson, Superman, The Singularity, Transhumanism, Ubermensch, Unintended Consequences, Values

Speeding Towards a Potential AI Jobocalypse, Government is on Autopilot

A White House paper on AI betrays a stunning naivte about potential economic fallout, but few in government are interested in even acknowledging the issue.

By Art Keller | June 21, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Economics, Employment, Government, Politics | AI, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Bill Gates, Capitalism, Class Warfare, Conflict, Elon Musk, Employment, Germany, High-Tech, Inequality, Job Losses, Labor, Lifelong Learning, Manufacturing, Obama, Office of Science and Technology Policy, OSTP, Retraining, Robots, Social Safety Net, Stephen Hawking, Trump, Unemployment, White House

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