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Philosopher Coeckelbergh about the ethics of drone warfare and the problematic incorporation of morality into robots.

Title: Supersapiens, the Rise of the Mind Excerpt: In the new film Supersapiens, writer-director Markus Mooslechner raises a core question: As artificial intelligence rapidly blurs the boundaries between man and machine, are we witnessing the rise o…

coveillance: the documentation of our interactions with others

"What is a human? What are social relations? Thinking about robotics and artificial intelligence is dealing with big philosophical questions. uni:view talked to Mark Coeckelbergh, philosopher of technology, about the ethics of robotics, his daily work and personal balance."

In the context of one of the Whiplash-rules

"The Thriving Resilient Communities Collaboratory (TRCC) networks and builds capacity for community resilience leaders working at the regional and translocal scale in the USA. We bring together diverse stakeholders to collaborate and allocate resources together, to share best practices and build organization capacity. Through relationships and trust, we form collaborative projects to build movement capacity. Some of the organizations we bring together include Art of Hosting, BayLocalize, Bioneers, New Economy Coalition, Post Carbon Institute, Shareable, Transition US and more. "

I find myself recommending this article in multiple situations and settings. It is on almost every syllabus I create regardless of the stated intent of the course. It is an excellent entry point into systems thinking and a cribsheet that anyone hoping to improve organizations and systems ought to have handy

Facebook seems to be aware of the ethical challenges of the braincomputer interface.

Interesting interview with one of the key persons of Bitnation, a crypto-anarchist initiative crating a platform for virtual nations where such nations would compete for citizens, offering better services.

A truly innovative product would learn from the mistakes of predecessor platforms and would focus on things like privacy, security and accessibility. Instead, Clubhouse is yet another example of technology designed by, and largely for, privileged, white, Western and able-bodied men.

'we'll begin to unpack the 10-year vision of a contextually-aware, AI-powered interface for augmented reality (AR) glasses that can use the information you choose to share, to infer what you want to do, when you want to do it'

Nondominium enables a new whole-system approach to development of material resources which enables sustainable outcomes of resilience, self-sufficiency and independence.

imagine the future scenario of government mandated internet shutdowns

Clubhouse's rise is due to its success in harnessing the movement toward cults and away from communities on the internet. That signals a challenge for older social platforms and raises a question of how communities can regain power in the future.

An overview of virtual worlds in these times of pandemic. Will the be a solution for musicians and performers or stay niche?

It's a foregone conclusion that everybody in the world will be a gamer someday. There are only a billion active gamers today. Someday there will be 7 billion, 8 billion active gamers. The growth opportunity for gaming is still well ahead of us. Gaming is the only entertainment that can be any entertainment. You and I both know that when the metaverse [arrives], we're going to spend a lot more time in game worlds, not just to game, but just to hang out, to be with people, to interact with people. The gaming market has a great future ahead of it.

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with William MacAskill about how to do the most good in the world. They discuss the "effective altruism" movement, choosing causes to support, the apparent tension between wealth and altruism, how best to think about generosity over the course of one's lifetime, and other topics.