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Life hackers track and analyze the food they eat, the hours they sleep, the money they spend, and how they're feeling on any given day. They share tip…
In this episode I talk Stefan Lorenz Sorgner. Stefan teaches philosophy at John Cabot University in Rome. He is director and co-founder of the Beyond …
In his new book Robot Rules: Regulating Artificial Intelligence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), Jacob Turner explains why AI is unique, what legal and eth…
The idea of the seductive sex robot is the stuff of myth, legend and science fiction. From the ancient Greeks to twenty-first century movies, robots i…
We are in the midst of a robot invasion, as devices of different configurations and capabilities slowly but surely come to take up increasingly import…
The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps and cash benefits in three years―because a new computer system interpr…
Cryonics―also known as cryopreservation or cryosuspension―is the preservation of legally dead individuals at ultra-low temperatures. Those who undergo…
The 21st century offers a dizzying array of new technological developments: robots smart enough to take white collar jobs, social media tools that man…
Various emerging technologies, from social robotics to social media, appeal to our desire for social interactions, while avoiding some of the risks an…
Every day, new warnings emerge about artificial intelligence rebelling against us. All the while, a more immediate dilemma flies under the radar. Have…
The Ethics of Space Exploration (Springer, 2016), edited by James S. J. Schwartz and Tony Milligan, aims to contribute significantly to the understand…
Sexbots are coming. Given the pace of technological advances, it is inevitable that realistic robots specifically designed for people's sexual gratifi…
Advertising is everywhere. By some estimates, the average American is exposed to over 3,000 advertisements each day. Whether we realize it or not, "ad…
Humans are accustomed to being tool bearers, but what happens when machines become tool bearers, calculating human labour via the use of big data and …
Steve Fuller and Veronika Lipinska's The Proactionary Imperative: A Foundation for Transhumanism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) debates the concept of tra…
In Rethinking Human Enhancement: Social Enhancement and Emergent Technologies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), Laura Cabrera discusses three possible human…
With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains…