Category: AI Philosophy
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Can We Really Trust AI as Friends?
Imagine sitting late at night and having a heart-to-heart conversation—not with a friend across the table, but with a machine. That’s not just a tired science fiction trope; more and more people today are weaving emotional narratives with artificial intelligences, sometimes finding in them comfort, a…
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Could AI Suffer? The Ethics We Ignore
Imagine asking your neighbors if their refrigerator feels lonely when they go on vacation. You might get a few odd looks, maybe a worried phone call to your relatives. For a long time, that’s how people viewed the emotional lives of computers—if they even considered it…
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Is AI Creativity a Human Myth?
Most people like to think of themselves as unique. We buy one-of-a-kind t-shirts, write poems in secret notebooks, and take photos of our cats in ever-stranger hats. The desire to be “original” is stitched deep into our sense of self. So, when faced with the uncanny…
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Is AI Really Creative or Just Remixing?
To observe the feverish headlines, you would think artificial intelligence is the artist at every opening and the scientist at every conference. There are novels, paintings, symphonies, jokes, and code, all supposedly spun from the mysterious mind of machines. The idea goes like this: as AI…
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Digital Immortality: Eternal Life or Copy?
Imagine a future where, instead of fading away, our minds could live forever inside a computer. Maybe your great-great-great-grandchildren will wave to “you” across a digital landscape, or perhaps you’ll send an email from the afterlife with a snappy “Wish you were here!” sign-off. The dream…
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Is AI Creativity Really Authentic?
If you’ve ever chatted with a chatbot, admired a piece of AI-generated art, or read poetry composed by a language model, you may have found yourself feeling something between awe and unease. “Was this created by a real person?” you wonder. “Does it matter?” The rise…
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Who’s Really to Blame for Algorithms?
Algorithms. They’re invisible hands, quietly shaping what you see online, how your mortgage gets approved, or even how your city polices crime. We rely on these digital playbooks more and more, trusting them with tasks both big and small. But as algorithms—especially those powered by artificial…
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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”:…