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In this episode, John and Sven answer questions from podcast listeners. Topics covered include: the relationships between animal ethics and...
What does the future hold for humanity's relationship with technology? Will we become ever more integrated with and dependent on technology?...
In this episode, Sven and John talk about relationships with machines. Can you collaborate with a machine? Can robots be friends, colleagues...
In this episode Sven and John discuss the moral status of machines, particularly humanoid robots. Could machines ever be more than mere thin...
In this episode, Sven and John discuss the controversy arising from the idea moral agency in machines. What is an agent? What is a moral age...
In this episode Sven and John discuss the thorny topic of responsibility gaps and technology. Over the past two decades, a small cottage ind...
In this episode, John and Sven talk about the role that technology can play in changing our behaviour. In doing so, they note the long and t...
In this episode, John and Sven discuss risk and technology ethics. They focus, in particular, on the perennially popular and widely discusse...
In this episode, John and Sven discuss the methods of technology ethics. What exactly is it that technology ethicists do? How can they answe...
I am very excited to announce the launch of a new podcast series with my longtime friend and collaborator Sven Nyholm. The podcast is intend...
In this episode, I chat to Matthijs Maas about pausing AI development. Matthijs is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Legal Prioritie...
In this episode of the podcast I chat to Atoosa Kasirzadeh. Atoosa is an Assistant Professor/Chancellor's fellow at the University of Edinbu...
[UPDATED WITH CORRECT EPISODE LINK] In this episode I chat to Miles Brundage. Miles leads the policy research team at Open AI. Unsurprisingl...
In this episode of the podcast I chat to Jess Morley. Jess is currently a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research foc...
In this episode, I chat to Robert Long about AI sentience. Robert is a philosopher that works on issues related to the philosopy of mind, co...
In this episode of the podcast, I talk to Thore Husfeldt about the impact of GPT on education. Thore is a Professor of Computer Science at t...
In this episode of the podcast, I chat to Anton Korinek about the economic impacts of GPT. Anton is a Professor of Economics at the Universi...
In this episode of the podcast, I chat to Olle Häggström. Olle is a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technolog...
How should we conceive of social robots? Some sceptics think they are little more than tools and should be treated as such. Some are more bu...
It's clear that human social morality has gone through significant changes in the past. But why? What caused these changes? In this episode,...
In this episode (which by happenstance is the 100th official episode - although I have released more than that) I chat to Elise Bohan. Elise...
In this episode I chat to Matthias Uhl. Matthias is a professor of the social and ethical implications of AI at the Technische Hochschule In...
In this episode (the last in this series for the time being) I chat to Olle Häggström. Olle is a professor of mathematical statistics at Cha...
In this episode I chat to Jessica Flanigan . Jessica is a Professor of Leadership Ethics at the University of Richmond, where she is also th...
Is grading unethical? Coercive and competitive? Should we replace grading with something else? In this podcast I chat to Jesse Stommel, one...
In this episode I talk to Jason Brennan . Jason is a Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of...
In this episode I chat to Zena Hitz . Zena is currently a tutor at St John's College. She is a classicist and author of the book Lost in Tho...
In this episode I chat to Aaron Rabinowitz . Aaron is a veteran podcaster and philosopher. He hosts the Embrace the Void and Philosophers in...
In this episode I chat to Helen de Cruz . Helen is the Danforth Chair in Humanities at the University of St. Louis. Helen has a diverse set...
In this episode I chat to Brian Earp. Brian is a Senior Research Fellow with the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics in Oxford. He is a proli...
In this episode of the Ethics of Academia, I chat to Justin Weinberg, Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of South Carolina. Jus...
In this episode I talk to Regina Rini, Canada Research Chair at York University in Toronto. Regina has a background in neuroscience and cogn...
This is the second episode in my short series on The Ethics of Academia. In this episode I chat to Michael Cholbi, Professor of Philosophy a...
I have been reflecting on the ethics of academic life for some time. I've written several articles about it over the years. These have focus...
How easily do we anthropomorphise robots? Do we see them as moral agents or, even, moral patients? Can we dehumanise them? These are some of...
One particularly important social institution is the police force, who are increasingly using technological tools to help efficiently and ef...
It is common to think that technology is morally neutral. “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people’ - as the typical gun lobby argument g...
I was raised in the tradition of believing that everyone is of equal moral worth. But when I scrutinise my daily practices, I don’t think I...
Can we move beyond the Aristotelian account of friendship when thinking about our relationships with robots? Can we hate robots? In this epi...
Thomas Sinclair (left), Ben Kenward (right) Lots of people are worried about the ethics of AI. One particular area of concern is whether we...
Are virtual worlds free from the ethical rules of ordinary life? Do they generate their own ethical codes? How do gamers and game designers...
Should robots have rights? How about chimpanzees? Or rivers? Many people ask these questions individually, but few people have asked them al...
What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be you? Philosophers, psychologists and sociologists all seem to agree that your identit...
What are the origins and dynamics of human morality? Is morality, at root, an attempt to solve basic problems of cooperation? What implicati...
Should we use technology to surveil, rate and punish/reward all citizens in a state? Do we do it anyway? In this episode I discuss these que...
How do we make sure that an AI does the right thing? How could we do this when we ourselves don't even agree on what the right thing might b...
Have you ever played Hitman? Grand Theft Auto? Call of Duty? Did you ever question the moral propriety of what you did in those games? In th...
Are we losing our liberty as a result of digital technologies and algorithmic power? In particular, might algorithmically curated filter bub...
Do our values change over time? What role do emotions and technology play in altering our values? In this episode I talk to Steffen Steinert...
Are you being watched, tracked and traced every minute of the day? Probably. The digital world thrives on surveillance. What should we do ab...