Best 2021 Articles

Dec 20, 2021Philosophy/Ethics, Tech0 comments

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In this millennium, we are witnessing the greatest scientific and technological revolution of all times and we are confronting ourselves with an unprecedented debate about Brain Regeneration, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroprosthesesz for brain function restoration and enhancement.

We understand the brain better and better, but there still is a lot to discover ( Uploading your mind )

With Carlo Ierna, historian of philosophy at Radboud University we have been making a journey across some history at the origins of contemporary technology, recent disruptive news about brain chip implant and robots replacing humans.

The articles draw the attention of the scientific community as well as the general audience to different topics and arising questions about uploading and downloading consciousness, whether it is possible to transfer information directly from one brain to another over the internet…

(from Captain Cyborg)

…the relation between body and mind, and mind and behavior.

(from Mind over Matter)

We have been investigating the origin of AI

A machine that could think like a person has been the guiding vision of AI research since the earliest days

(from Putting the “Artificial” in “Intelligence” )

(from Is thought just a program?)

(from The world is not a chessboard )

Things that Think

What do we mean by “thinking”? What are the technical requirements on the machine? Does it need to process information in the same way that humans do? Massively parallel, biochemically, etc. like a human brain?

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We analyzed the relation between

Robot and Humans

About the relation between body and mind, and the brain and the identity

(from My Brain is Me )

Can we read and write brain signals wirelessly now?

Will we truly be able to read and write memories, emotions, knowledge in the brain?

(from Read/write access to the brain? )

And then we have been looking at the relation between

Sci-fi and Science

“about the history of science fiction linked to the history of science” (Future of Days Past)

linking the history of science fiction to the history of science, exploring through the science fiction authors’ eyes how technology changes society.

Ethical and research standards have changed a lot…
We have some historical perspective, but we’d need ethics of technology…

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BrainJam addresses the social, ethical, and philosophical concerns deriving from the emergence of previously unimaginable technology and its possible future application to the most mysterious organ of the human body: The Brain.

This site is intended to engage in an open dialogue between scientists, society, and policy makers to address the philosophical and ethical concerns arising from the increasing trend of the biotechnology and biomedical fields towards man-machine hybridization. It pursues a holistic approach to human well-being using an interdisciplinary combination of expert perspectives and philosophy, in order to inform the public and correct widespread misconceptions and fears about ‘cyborgs’ and human enhancement, stemming both from transhumanism and bioconservatism.

Human-Computer Symbiosis

by Carlo Ierna | 30/09/2021 | Philosophy/Ethics, Tech | 0 Comments

The resulting partnership will think as no human brain has ever thought and process data in a way not approached by the information-handling machines we know today.

Robot See, Robot Do

by Carlo Ierna | 17/04/2021 | Philosophy/Ethics, Robots and Robotics, Tech | 1 Comment

I do think that robots deserve rights and there are research projects being carried out today that are looking at robot laws. African-American slaves were given rights when slavery was abolished and they became part of society. Think of animals too – none of them had rights in the beginning but now animal rights are the norm. So if robots can interact with humans, they too should be given rights.

Sketchy AI

by Carlo Ierna | 17/10/2022 | Philosophy/Ethics, Robots and Robotics, Tech | 0 Comments

“Young man, you don’t think I’m encountering constructive symbolism for the first time, do you? “Unplug”: free yourself from physicality, from the vulgar earthbound physicality, from the evils of civilization, from electricity, nerves, and so on. Isn’t that what this is? The association is crystal clear, I’d be tempted to say, perhaps even too obvious” (Kishon 1987)

More than one Way to Reskin a Cat

by Carlo Ierna | 26/11/2021 | Philosophy/Ethics, Tech | 0 Comments

But you comprehend the result ? … Man’s complete triumph over disease by this process of dissolution and rehabilitation

Oubliette

by Carlo Ierna | 04/06/2021 | Philosophy/Ethics, Tech | 0 Comments

The advantage of a bad memory is that, several times over, one enjoys the same good things for the first time.

Wet Between the Ears

by Carlo Ierna | 02/05/2022 | Philosophy/Ethics, Tech | 0 Comments

Sensations are received by a certain definite number of sensor nerves, which constitute the only means we possess of obtaining a knowledge of the external world …

Found in Translation

by Carlo Ierna | 30/05/2022 | Philosophy/Ethics, Tech | 0 Comments

Whereas the notion of a “correct” computation is unproblematic … The notion of a “good” translation is ridden with problems …

Read/write access to the brain?

by Carlo Ierna | 22/10/2020 | Philosophy/Ethics, Tech | 0 Comments

Elon Musk has recently announced a breakthrough in his Neuralink project. Besides several interesting technological innovations, there is a lot of hype about what it could all mean in the future. Will we truly be able to read and write memories, emotions, knowledge in the brain?

Making IT Count

by Carlo Ierna | 14/03/2022 | Philosophy/Ethics, Tech | 0 Comments

The word “Artificial” is used in one sense when it is applied, to flowers, and in another sense when it is applied to light …

Brainwaves

by Carlo Ierna | 24/09/2021 | Philosophy/Ethics, Tech | 0 Comments

We could, just as is the case with the electrocardiogram for pathologies of the heart, find an objective research method for pathological changes in the activities of the central nervous system, which would be of the greatest significance for diagnostics

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