Posts tagged Ethics
Making AI Dead Facsimiles Raises Ethical Quandaries
Making AI Dead Facsimiles Raises Ethical Quandaries

The use of artificial intelligence to “reanimate” the dead for a variety of purposes is quickly gaining traction. Over the past few years, we’ve been studying the moral implications of AI at the Center for Applied Ethics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and we find these AI reanimations to be morally problematic.

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Analysis, Religion, Society, Technology, NewsNir Eisikovits and Daniel J. FeldmanThe Conversation, Nir Eisikovits, Daniel J. Feldman, AI, Death, Reanimation, Ethics, artificial intelligence, news, Secondary feature, religion, analysis, society, tech, technologyComment
Religion Shapes Morals Even For Those Who Are Not Religious
Religion Shapes Morals Even For Those Who Are Not Religious

In a 2019 survey, 44% of Americans – along with 45% of people across 34 nations – said that belief in God is necessary “to be moral and have good values.” So what happens to a person’s morality and values when they lose faith?

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NewsPhilip Schwadel and Sam HardyData journalism, dones, nones, rise of the nones, Religious nones, secularism, secularization, Ethics, morals, primary feature, Primary Feaature, Philip Schwadel, Sam Hardy, Primary Feature, Secondary Feature Comment