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Should we make AI more Human?

How can we engineer empathy and self-awareness into AI systems when we still don’t understand how those characteristics work in humans?

Jun 18, 2019

Should we make AI more Human?

Jun 18, 2019

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CRISPR Rampage

What can Dwayne Johnson’s science thriller teach us about gene editing and unintended consequences?

Feb 20, 2019

CRISPR Rampage

Feb 20, 2019

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Science Fiction Frames: The Incredible Logic Dilemma

On Pixar’s “The Incredibles” and the ethical demands of AI design.

Feb 16, 2018

Science Fiction Frames: The Incredible Logic Dilemma

Feb 16, 2018

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Human Meets Robot.

Intimacy in the Digital Age

May 11, 2017

Human Meets Robot.

May 11, 2017

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Science Fiction Frames: Calibrating AI’s Moral Compass

As AI begins to take on humanlike roles, we’re facing a whole new crop of thorny ethical challenges. Exhibit A: the 2012 film Robot & Frank.

Nov 16, 2016

Science Fiction Frames: Calibrating AI’s Moral Compass

Nov 16, 2016

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Science, for Dummies?

Scientific jargon is funny thing. Within a given field, it allows scientists like myself to be precise and succinct. But to outsiders it’s…

Sep 27, 2016

Science, for Dummies?

Sep 27, 2016

Patrick McGurrin

Patrick McGurrin

Pat has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Arizona State University. He writes about the intersection of science, technology, and society.

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