Ethical Concerns

She also considers the possibility of fusing human and machine intelligence by predicting the impact on our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.

Humans may not be the smartest beings on Earth for much longer. Indeed, the world chess champions are now all addicted to AI.

Schneider argues that an insufficient understanding of the nature of these entities could undermine both the use of artificial intelligence and that of brain-enhancing technology, resulting in the death or suffering of conscious beings.

To proceed safely, we need to grasp a...

Can we merge with artificial intelligence, as tech leaders like Elon Musk and Ray Kurzweil suggest? Is the mind just a program? 

By examining these thorny questions, Schneider proposes ways we can test machine consciousness, questions wheth...

The philosopher, cognitive scientist and technotopic confesses, Susan Schneider, in this challenging dialogue between philosophy and science, poses these fundamental questions to herself and to the readers of her book:

“How would you feel about purchasing a 'hive mind',...

"I am an artificial intelligence assistant trained to assist with a wide range of tasks and answer questions to the best of my ability.

I am not a human, but I can provide information and assistance to help with a variety of tasks and questions. Is there something specific you...

One concern is the issue of privacy. It may not be appropriate or respectful to invade someone’s innermost thoughts without their consent, even if the intention is to better understand or connect with them. In addition, there may be risks associated with the use of such a brain chip, both for...

Susan Schneider says it is inevitable that artificial intelligence will take intelligence in new directions. Her study insists that it is up to us to carve out a sensible path into the future.

This AI technology targets both the inner world of humans, reshaping the brain, ...

I asked the question about ChatGPT, which is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer) language model, a machine learning model developed by OpenAI to generate human-like text.

It is designed to be able to...