Should We Fear Advances in Artificial Intelligence? (Part II)
AI (artificial intelligence) is increasingly pervading the lives of modern day people – and at…
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Should we fear advances in AI?
Whether it’s Skynet or HAL9000, we have a creeping worry about rogue AI, and for…
Embryo Screening – The Ethics of ‘Designer Babies’.
Nearly 40 years ago, the first ‘test tube baby’ was born. Since then, technological innovation…
Embryo Screening – Do We Deserve to Know the Future?
DNA is mostly locked up safely inside our cells, where it is used as…
‘Smart’ drugs – What do they really do?
From pulling all-nighters and forgetting to eat, to replacing all the blood in your veins…
‘Smart’ Drugs – What do they really do?
Statistics vary wildly with regard to the extent of their use, but no doubt anybody…
Why Do Good People Do Bad Things? The Philosophy of Criminal Behaviour.
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that nobody fits the criteria of an ideal person. As…
Autonomous cars – the road to the future? [2/2]
The sci-fi dream of being driven everywhere by a robot seems now closer than ever….
Autonomous cars – the road to the future? [1/2]
In an ideal world, in order to get from A to B, the average human…