by Dan | Jul 15, 2018 | Morality as Arbitrary and Contextual, Reflecting on What I've Read, The Good Must Be Explored
Many months ago, Peter Voss (who we’ve interviewed previously on the Emerj podcast) came through San Francisco and we sat down for a coffee at my favorite place in Hayes Valley, Arlequin Cafe. We chatted a bit of business first. Peter runs Aigo.ai, and his work...
by Dan | May 24, 2013 | Interviews with Researchers, Reflecting on What I've Read
The past 2 or 3 weeks I’ve been digging into a lot of material I’ve found in the blog and article sections of the IEET website – and recently I stumbled onto a PDF draft of a work by Dr. James Hughes called “Compassionate AI and Selfless...
by Dan | Jan 13, 2013 | Managing the Transhuman Transition, Reflecting on What I've Read
I’ve gotten my hands on a new copy of Human Enhancement, edited by Julian Avulescu and Nick Bostrom, and the first article I chose to delve into was titled: “Enhancements Are a Moral Obligation,” by John Harris. “Fixing” and Upgrading, a...