Blog – Page 96 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

AI Experiments

AI Experiments is a showcase for simple experiments that make it easier for anyone to start exploring machine learning, through pictures, drawings, language, music, and more. Read full Article

Really nice piece about my work as futurist, humanist, author and film maker (in Spanish): GERD LEONHARD: “SE INVIERTE MUY POCO EN EDUCAR A LOS NIÑOS A SER MÁS HUMANOS”

Nice piece via the Foundacion Telefonica and Juan Zafra – thanks! FUTURISTA, HUMANISTA Y CINEASTA GERD LEONHARD: “SE INVIERTE MUY POCO EN EDUCAR A LOS NIÑOS A SER MÁS HUMANOS” El autor de ‘Tecnología vs. Humanidad’ aboga por un giro radical en la educación para no preparar a los niños a comportarse como robots Gerd Leonhard … Continue reading "Really nice piece about my work as futurist, humanist, author and film maker (in Spanish): GERD LEONHARD: “SE INVIERTE MUY POCO EN EDUCAR A LOS NIÑOS A SER MÁS HUMANOS”"

Will AI Achieve Consciousness? Wrong Question

When Norbert Wiener, the father of cybernetics, wrote his book The Human Use of Human Beings in 1950, vacuum tubes were still the primary electronic building blocks, and there were only a few actual computers in operation. Read full Article

AI Ethics: Seven Traps

The question of how to ensure that technological innovation in machine learning and artificial intelligence leads to ethically desirable—or, more minimally, ethically defensible—impacts on society has generated much public debate in recent years. Read full Article

Practical Wisdom: The Master Virtue

PRACTICAL WISDOM has become a key meme for my work – hence the pointers below:)) “For Aristotle, being virtuous meant avoiding these extremes, by following the path between two vices: that of not applying a virtue enough, and that of applying it too much. He called this finding the “mean” of a virtue. For example, … Continue reading "Practical Wisdom: The Master Virtue"