Humanoid Robot Ethics
Humanoid robots have been the dreams of sci-fi lovers since the debut of Star Wars’ C3PO, and these dreams become less fictional by the day with developments by companies such as Tesla, whose Optimus robot is tentatively scheduled for consumer purchasing in late 2027. Once it releases, Optimus will be capable of simple tasks like watering plants or folding clothes, and this range will expand to include more complex tasks later on. The science fiction writer Isaac Asimov crea
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Why Are There No Philosophy Toys?
When children play, they’re forming interests, and the toys they play with have a sizable influence. The want-to-be engineer has Legos, and the prospective doctor has a toy stethoscope, but there's no toy encouraging children to become the next philosopher. As a result, few children know what philosophy is, let alone have an interest in it. The growth in the technology industry seems to be largely on account of the interest children develop in the field. Building blocks, vide
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Language and Understanding
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent” -Ludwig Wittgenstein Some things are just too complicated for words. I’m fascinated by this complexity. We can conceive of it, yet never hope of coming up with an answer. This topic got me thinking about the limits of our understanding and made me wonder if there were questions we cannot even dream of posing. Just as a dog cannot begin to understand the question, “what is justice,” there may be similar questions far beyon
Jul 272 min read
Code of Ethics for Students
A New Perspective on Ethical Use of AI Education does two vital things: first, it leads students as they develop their conception of what goodness looks like in the world; second, it provides the skill, courage, and wisdom for them to deploy their vision. Combined, these are essential to students flourishing. In the age of AI, ethics should not solely be viewed as restriction. Instead, it should be about awakening students' inner moral voices so that they can choose somethi
Jul 262 min read
Ethical Perspective for Education
Almost everyone has concerns of AI disrupting what we consider the “traditional education.” We hear people reiterate the same points about “critical thinking” and “student empowerment” over and over . . . But what do these concepts actually mean? AI has exponentiated its power, yet we’re stuck using the same aspirational place-holder language without any clear strategy to guide decisive action. How can we actualize these concepts into tangible improvements for students’ edu
Jul 184 min read
NVIDIA: Company of Ambition
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art In the early 17th century, a Baroque printmaker by the name of Jacques Callot composed a series of etchings entitled The Seven Deadly Sins. In this series, Callot characterized each Deadly Sin in human form. One of the seven depicts a gaunt and disheveled woman clutching a venomous snake. It’s titled “Invidia,”meaning “Envy.” Four centuries later, the world’s most successful semiconductors company was founded, with a market capitalizati
Jul 153 min read
Materialism, Philosophy Zombies, and Logic: Don't Try Teleportation!
Traveling from New York to London by clicking a button sounds pretty great, right? No crowded airplanes needed, you’re just there in under a second. This is teleportation, the conception of instantaneous travel. Disappear in one place … and reappear in another. Often, people consider the possibility of a reconstruction-deconstruction teleporter machine: a system of two devices (one on the origin side and one on the destination side). The origin teleporter would scan a person
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