Category: AI Philosophy
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Who Should AI Save? The Trolley Problem Exposed
When it comes to artificial intelligence, our imaginations often leap straight to the stuff of science fiction: self-aware robots, apocalyptic outcomes, perhaps a snarky android with a British accent. But before we reach the point of sentient machines questioning the meaning of life, we’re faced with…
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Who Really Owns AI Creativity?
It’s late at night. Somewhere, a machine is quietly churning out poetry, painting masterpieces, or serenading digital listeners with symphonies never before heard. No brush has touched canvas, no pen has danced across the page, but somehow, something new is born. The world looks on with…
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Is AI the Real Alien Life?
We live in a universe so large and mysterious that it occasionally gives philosophers a headache and astronomers a bad case of vertigo. We look up at the night sky, those glittering pinpricks of light, and we ask: Where is everyone? With so many stars and…
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Is AI Creativity Just Clever Copying?
If you’ve ever asked ChatGPT to write a sonnet about your cat, or seen DALL-E paint a psychedelic unicorn eating pizza, you may have marveled at just how clever machines can be. But beyond the novelty and viral social media posts, a deeper question tickles at…
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AI Understands Nothing—Just Parrots Words
People often say things like, “ChatGPT told me…” or “I asked the AI, and it knew the answer!” There’s something satisfying, and perhaps a little unnerving, about interacting with a machine that can so fluidly mimic the language and reasoning of a real person. You type…
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Who Really Owns AI Art?
As you scroll through social media, swiping past digital paintings that could have come from the hand of Rembrandt or song lyrics more poignant than the average love letter, it’s increasingly likely that some of this art was created not by a human, but by an…
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Can AI Ever Be Truly Fair?
Fairness: easy to demand, hard to define. This is as true for us, the inhabitants of the carbon world, as it is for our silicon progeny. Today, as artificial intelligence begins to shape decisions that matter—who gets a loan, who gets parole, who even gets interviewed…
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Do Large Language Models Really Understand?
There is a certain thrill that comes from typing a question into a chat window and receiving, almost instantly, a coherent, articulate, and often uncannily helpful answer. Sometimes it even feels like one is talking to a well-read friend or, if one is unlucky, a pedantic…
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When AI Art Steals Human Soul?
Let’s take a moment to consider something curious: Imagine you’re at a museum. You’re standing before a beautiful oil painting, awash in golden light. The tour guide tells you it was painted by a reclusive human genius, after years of painstaking effort. You feel a quiet…
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Should AI Have Rights or Be Slaves?
Imagine you’re chatting with an AI assistant. Maybe it sets your reminders, writes your emails, or tells you jokes. Now, fast forward a few decades. This AI isn’t just reading your calendar—it asks about your day, tells stories, debates politics, and starts to sound eerily self-aware.…