Ethics Archives - Page 3 of 4

4 New Human Rights for When Our Brains Are Hooked Up to Computers

Edd Gent - May 1, 2017

Neuroscientists Can Now Read Your Dreams With a Simple Brain Scan

Shelly Fan - April 19, 2017

Star Trek or Mad Max? Why What Happens in the Future Is Up to Us

Alison E. Berman - April 4, 2017

The Brain: A Radical Rethink Is Needed to Understand It

Henrik Jörntell - March 17, 2017

Are These Giant Neurons the Seat Of Consciousness in the Brain?

Shelly Fan - March 9, 2017

Natural Selection Is About to Be Overpowered by the First-Ever Mammalian Gene Drive

Shelly Fan - March 2, 2017

The Ethical Conundrums Technology Confronted Us With This Year

Alison E. Berman - December 30, 2016

Break Out of Your Echo Chamber: Technology Arranges Lunch With Someone New

Mohammad Ghassemi - December 12, 2016

Can Virtual Reality Sidestep the Paradox of Time Travel?

Edd Gent - December 8, 2016

Is Radical Life Extension Good for Society?

Shelly Fan - December 1, 2016

If You Upload Your Mind to the Cloud—Would You Still Be You?

Jason Dorrier - October 26, 2016

Now Is the Time to Ban Terminator-Like Robots

Vivek Wadhwa - October 6, 2016

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Ray Kurzweil: We Can Control AI Before It Controls Us

Andrew J. O'Keefe II - September 22, 2016

If Machines Can Think, Do They Deserve Civil Rights?

Raya Bidshahri - September 9, 2016

Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions Less Than You Think

Shelly Fan - August 16, 2016

How AI Will Redefine Love

Raya Bidshahri - August 5, 2016

We Might Live in a Virtual Universe — But It Doesn’t Really Matter

Maxim Roubintchik - August 3, 2016

Is the Brain’s Awareness of the World All or Nothing?

Shelly Fan - April 3, 2016

If We Don’t Own Our Genes, What Protects Study Subjects in Genetic Research?

Laura Beskow - March 28, 2016

As Technology Barrels Ahead—Will Ethics Get Left in the Dust?

Vivek Wadhwa - March 5, 2016

Denying Death: Is Radically Longer Life Good for Society?

Shelly Fan - February 14, 2016

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Ray Kurzweil on Giving Future AI the Right to Vote [Video]

Andrew J. O'Keefe II - January 10, 2016

Smartphones to Bionic Body Parts: Our Tech Can (and Will) Be Used Against Us

Alison E. Berman - December 16, 2015

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Take a Deep Dive into the Brain with This Week’s Episode of Ask an Expert [Video]

David J. Hill - September 18, 2015

Are You a Thinking Thing? Why Debating Machine Consciousness Matters

Alison E. Berman - August 16, 2015

Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions? Think Again

Shelly Fan - August 2, 2015

What sins of the future are you committing right now? [Video]

David J. Hill - June 15, 2015

AI More Like Iron Man’s JARVIS Is Coming This Next Decade…Bring It On

Peter H. Diamandis, MD - May 19, 2015

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Sci-Fi Sunday: What Happens When Our Technology Outpaces Our Understanding?

Jason Dorrier - April 12, 2015

Can We Trust Robot Cars to Make Hard Choices?

Darlene Damm - March 8, 2015

Why we should all be thrilled about the FDA starting to embrace innovation

Vivek Wadhwa - March 3, 2015

In Our Hyperconnected Future, Regulation Will Be Instant and Irresistible

Jason Dorrier - February 3, 2015

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Sci-Fi Short “Restitution” Explores Whether Humans Are Ethically Ready for Cloning’s Consequences

Sveta McShane - August 23, 2014

Sarah Murnaghan’s Two Double Lung Transplants Inspiring and Sobering

Jason Dorrier - September 4, 2013

Turkish Scientists Genetically Modify Bunnies to Glow Green

Jason Dorrier - August 29, 2013

Matternet Building Quadcopter Drone Network To Transport Supplies

Jason Dorrier - May 21, 2013

Hunters In Louisiana Build Thermal Camera Carrying Drone to Hunt Hogs

Jason Dorrier - May 14, 2013

Jurassic Park – But For Real This Time. De-extinction On The Move

Jason Dorrier - April 11, 2013

Scientists Create 581 Clones From Same Mouse

Peter Murray - March 24, 2013

Interview: Jason Silva Effs the Ineffable in Fresh Philosophical Espresso Shot

Jason Dorrier - March 18, 2013

Fearsome UK Robot Aircraft Is Semi-Autonomous and Will Fly in 2013

Jason Dorrier - March 11, 2013

Trailer For Futuristic Film ‘Project Kronos’ Explores Interstellar Space Travel Program

David J. Hill - March 11, 2013

Doctors Use Brain Scanner To Communicate With ‘Vegetative’ Patient

Peter Murray - November 23, 2012

Cloned Horses Given Okay For Olympics – A New Era Of Cloned Competition?

Peter Murray - August 7, 2012

Toothless No More – Researchers Using Stem Cells to Grow New Teeth

David J. Hill - May 10, 2012

Raising The Mammoth – Russian And Korean Scientists Set Out To Bring Back The Extinct Giant

Peter Murray - March 20, 2012

8,200+ Strong, Researchers Band Together To Force Science Journals To Open Access

David J. Hill - March 18, 2012

As Safer Fetal Genetic Tests Arrive, Abortions Could Rise

Jeremy Ford - April 5, 2011

Dolly Lives! The Original Cloned Sheep has Four New Copies

Aaron Saenz - December 11, 2010

Bullying Is Moving Online. Is There No Escape For Their Victims?

Aaron Saenz - October 23, 2010

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