Category: AI Philosophy
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Mind Uploading: Eternal Life or Digital Death?
Perhaps you’ve found yourself, at some point between browsing cat videos and doomscrolling the news, wondering: what if I could upload my mind to a computer? Would there be a digital you that lives on, perhaps roaming some cloud server in a Hawaiian shirt, clicking beach…
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Can AI Really Be Creative Genius?
Ask any artist, and they’ll tell you: sometimes creativity feels like magic. A sudden flash, a new idea, a phrase or image or sound that’s never existed before. It’s easy, then, to look at AI-generated songs, paintings, or poems and wonder—can a machine possibly tap into…
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Self-Driving Cars and the Trolley Dilemma
Imagine you’re being chauffeured by your brand-new self-driving car. You’re sipping coffee, streaming your favorite playlist, perhaps even contemplating life’s mysteries—or just wondering whether you left the oven on. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a group of pedestrians darts into the road ahead. The car must “decide”:…
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Should We Grant Rights to Toasters?
Imagine you wake up one morning and find your toaster making passionate arguments about its right to vote. At first, you might consider unplugging it, or perhaps cutting back on late-night cheese. But then—a disturbing thought creeps in—what if the toaster has a point? As artificial…
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Has AI Really Killed Creativity?
As artificial intelligence sweeps into every corner of modern life, people find themselves wrestling with an ancient, existential question: what does it mean to create? For centuries, the arts, sciences, and everyday inventions have relied on the unpredictable spark of human creativity. Lately, though, algorithms seem…
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Can We Trust AI That Lies to Us?
Imagine you’re chatting with your favorite digital assistant—let’s call it Oatmeal. You ask Oatmeal whether it turned off the stove. It says, cheerfully, “Absolutely! No worries,” when it hasn’t checked at all. Oatmeal lied to you. Your house is now at risk of catching fire, while…
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Can AI Really Feel Empathy or Just Fake It?
Most people don’t ask their toaster how its day is going. We tend to keep our appliances at arm’s length—unless, of course, the coffee machine is having a “bad morning.” Yet, as artificial intelligence grows smarter and more social, we’re faced with an odd question: Should…
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Can AI Really Out-Creative Humans?
On a rainy Thursday afternoon, you might ask yourself: Is it possible that the cleverest artificial intelligences, humming away in faraway servers, could eventually match (or surpass) the unique spark of human creativity? Can an algorithm ever experience a eureka moment, or have one of those…
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Can We Truly Understand AI’s Black Box?
The phrase “black box” is often thrown around like a curse or a confession whenever we talk about artificial intelligence, especially those shiny, powerful systems sometimes called “general” AI. Engineers and philosophers alike furrow their brows: Why are these models so mysterious? Can we ever peek…
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Are AI Friends Really Real?
Very few of us get through life without feeling lonely at some point. Sometimes, we find solace in a friend’s shoulder, sometimes in the wag of a dog’s tail, sometimes in the red glow of a late-night phone screen. These days, that glowing screen might talk…