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To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix.   Some weeks ago, a nine-year-old macaque monkey called Pager successfully played a game of Pong with its mind. While it may sound like science fiction, the demonstration by Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink is an example of a brain-...

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. About the Author: Robert Cavalier received his BA from New York University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University. In 1987 he joined the staff at Carnegie Mellons Center for Design of Educational Computing, where he became Executive Director in 1991. Dr. Cavalier was Director of CMUs Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy from 2005-2007. He is currently co-Director of Southwestern Pennsylvania Pro...

Santa Clara University Faculty and Scholars Provide Analysis of the Ethical Dilemmas Associated with Vaccinating our Global Population

The Globe and Mail Arthur Schafer Includes correction Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Arthur Schafer is the founding director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba. The government of Ontario has a secret triage plan for the rationing of...

© Getty Images Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that interact with us the way we interact with each other have long typified Hollywood’s image, whether you think of HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Samantha in “Her,” or Ava in “Ex Machina.” It thus might surprise people that making systems that interact, assist or collaborate with humans has never been high on the technical agenda. From its beginning, AI has had a rather ambivalent relationship with humans. The biggest AI succ...

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Jonathan Kwan, Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics, to Lead New Focus Area

Where algorithmic bias is a technical issue that can be solved, at least in theory, the question of how AI alters the abilities that define human beings is more fundamental. We have been studying this question for the last few years as part of the Artificial Intelligence and Experience project at UMass Boston’s Applied Ethics Center. Losing the ability to choose Aristotle argued that the capacity for making practical judgments depends on regularly making them – on habit and practice. We see...

>>Catherine Porter, The New York Times Published: 22 Feb 2021 01:55 AM BdST Updated: 22 Feb 2021 01:55 AM BdST An Air Canada employee prepares to take a COVID-19 test at the Toronto airport in Jan. 22, 2021. A consortium of some of Canada’s largest companies, representing 350,000 employees nationwide, has launched a rapid testing program aimed at reopening their economy. (Tara Walton/The New York Times) Anita Quidangen, right, and other h...

Conversations in Exile with Dominic A. Sisti, PhD and Martine Kieffer, MSW, LCSW February 22 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Dominic A. Sisti is assistant professor and director of the Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare in the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy. Martine Kieffer, MSW, LCSW is a social worker who works in Trauma,… Dominic A. Sisti is assistant professor and director of the Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare in the ...