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This Is Technology Ethics

Written by: John Danaher and Sven Nyholm
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  • A series of accessible conversations about the ethics of technology. Topics covered include: the nature of ethics and technology, the methods of ethics, control and technological risk, responsibility and agency in machines, autonomy and behaviour change, should we merge with machines, AI in the workplace and more.
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  • 10 – Bonus Episode: Audience Q and A

    10 – Bonus Episode: Audience Q and A
    Dec 20 2023
    In this episode, John and Sven answer questions from podcast listeners. Topics covered include: the relationships between animal ethics and AI ethics; religion and philosophy of tech; the analytic-continental divide; the debate about short vs long-term risks; getting engineers to take ethics seriously and much much more. Thanks to everyone that submitted a question. You […]
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  • 9 – Human-technology futures

    9 – Human-technology futures
    Dec 15 2023
    What does the future hold for humanity’s relationship with technology? Will we become ever more integrated with and dependent on technology? What are the normative and axiological consequences of this? In this episode, Sven and John discuss these questions and reflect, more generally, on technology, ethics and the value of speculation about the future. You […]
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  • 8 – Machines as Colleagues, Friends and Lovers

    8 – Machines as Colleagues, Friends and Lovers
    Nov 17 2023
    In this episode, Sven and John talk about relationships with machines. Can you collaborate with a machine? Can robots be friends, colleagues or, perhaps, even lovers? These are common tropes in science fiction and popular culture, but is there any credibility to them? What would the ethical status of such relationships be? Should they be […]
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