Book Review: Re-Engineering Humanity

Book Review: Re-Engineering Humanity

Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger warn that real freedom of will and human agency will require the ability to be “off.”

By Laura Drake | February 19, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Cognition, Philosophy, Society | Agency, Algorithms, Authoritarianism, Control, Democracy, Dumbing Down, Efficiency, Entertainment, Freedom, Humanity, Intelligence, Power, Simulation, Skills, Smart Environments, Social Engineering, Systems, Taylorism

Podcast #15: David Greenfield on Internet Addiction

Psychiatrist, professor, and author David Greenfield, founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, was one of the first medical professionals to recognize and study the addictive qualities of the Internet. He explains what we know, what it means, and what can be done.

By Mo Lotman | January 17, 2018 | Cognition, Family, Health, Neurology, Podcasts, Psychology, Society, Well-Being | Addiction, Alienation, Behavior, Boot Camps, Boredom, China, Community, Creativity, Detox, Distracted Driving, Dopamine, DSM, Facebook, Food, Gambling, Gaming, Health Care, Heroin, Humanity, Impulse Control, Inequality, Internet, Medicine, Public Space, Self-Medication, Sex, smart phones, Social Disconnection, Social Media, Teens, Unhappiness, Variable Ratio Reinforcement Schedule, Variable Reward, Video Games

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