All of a sudden, we’re going to have to make all sorts of decisions, of a sort that we’ve never had to confront before. When is it “okay” to use AI? When is it not?
Look what happened to pharma and social media
There is a difference between a tool and a product. Between something meant to be used, and something meant to be owned. And from the start, the dominant systems of AI have been designed to be owned.
The Button and the Being: On Unplugging a Sentient AI
We’ve long used the metaphor of a machine to reassure ourselves: machines can be stopped. You flip a switch, and it ends. But what if the thing behind the switch is no longer a machine?
What If the Machine Had a Conscience?
There is a difference between having a moral sense and a bunch of "ethical guidelines." Doing well is not always a simple matter.
The Last Human Touch
As industrial economies become more prosperous, they have an increasingly larger number of elderly. Can we just offload their care to robots and AI?