Biometric Data and the Rise of Digital Dictatorship
As historian and author Yuval Harari suggests, market forces and investor greed will keep moving the data revolution forward. But there are balancing forces to this onslaught.
March 6, 2018
Man As God: 'Frankenstein' Turns 200
Mary Shelley cautioned us of the dangers of extending science into realms where we have little control of the outcomes; may we all read her tale — and take in its lessons.
January 16, 2018
Would You Become an Immortal Machine?
The prospects can be either beatific or terrifying depending where you come from but, whatever your choice, transhumanism is here to stay.
March 29, 2017
Would You Trust A Self-Driving Car?
California's governor just signed a bill to allow testing of driverless cars. The future is here — but it's important to consider the consequences as development moves ahead.
October 18, 2016
As Science Advances, a Fear of the Future
Fearing science is not the same as fearing what we are capable of: In the end, it's all really about us, what we can create and what we do with what we create.
June 14, 2016
Is the Fear of Intelligent Machines Justified?
Even with the amazing steps of DeepMind in the game of Go, we can still sleep in peace for now while we find safeguards that will protect us from our own inventions.
March 29, 2016
Are We to Become Gods, the Destroyers of Our World?
Sci-fi thriller Ex Machina explores a variable of artificial intelligence we don't see in most considerations — the potential use of emotions as control.
May 20, 2015
The Mind-Body Problem: A Cautionary Tale
Does a mind need a body to exist? To be happy? Science fiction has been wrestling with these questions for years and Marcelo suggests that we heed Hollywood's latest warning.
June 4, 2014