AI Ethics Is Simpler Than You Think
We don’t need to figure out the meaning of life to get AI right, because it’s actually a limited tool.
Mind & Human Nature
What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t
What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t
We don’t need to figure out the meaning of life to get AI right, because it’s actually a limited tool.
We’re worrying about the wrong arms race with China.
Making transition the first-line treatment for children was a mistake, many health agencies now say. A growing group of psychologists wants to restore the therapeutic relationship.
“We aren’t defective, just different” was the 1990s rallying cry of deaf activists who rejected medical fixes. Why have transgender activists argued that only medical tech can make them who they really are?
The new cold war means a race with China over AI, biotech, and more. This poses a hard dilemma: win by embracing technologies that make us more like our enemy — or protect ourselves from tech dehumanization but become subjects to a totalitarian menace.
From the Industrial Revolution to the pill to AI girlfriends, technology is unbundling what used to be marriage’s package deal.
How to see clearly what lies ahead
