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AI Ethics explores the potential concern with the AI revolution. Our reliance on AI will inevitably cause many ethical issues — affecting everyone, from small businesses utilizing AI to entrepreneurs developing the latest tech, and even public citizens.

Top news of the week: 28.07.2022.

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On Jul 22, 2022
RT @David_Gunkel: Had the opportunity to participate in this ALife 2022 conference workshop organized by @eschwitz and @okw It began at 3am local time but well worth getting up at that early hour. With @johnbasl @DrSueSchneider Erik Persson and Henry Salvin https://t.co/XVtVbEXUrn
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ALife Ethics: Should Artificial Systems Have Rights?

ALife Ethics: Should Artificial Systems Have Rights?

An Online Workshop, ALife 2022 Conference, Trento, Italy, 18 – 22 July. This workshop aims to connect Artificial Life research with the ethics of artificial systems.

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On Jul 24, 2022
RT @dw2: "Leverage points, misunderstandings, fascinations, and missed opportunities" - from @LondonFuturists: 1) "Artificial Intelligence and You" 2) New frontiers for longevity 3) Newspeak House residents – last few places 4) Why I’ve been rather quiet recently https://t.co/RYvh6j9Wk2
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Leverage points, misunderstandings, fascinations, and missed opportunities

Leverage points, misunderstandings, fascinations, and missed opportunities

Dear Futurists, After a break of several weeks (more about that below), here are a few news items that may interest you – starting with our event tomorrow (Saturday 23rd July). 1.) ...

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On Jul 28, 2022
A year ago we open-sourced #AlphaFold Today we're freely sharing the predicted structures of all 200M+ proteins known to science - almost the entire protein universe! It's our gift to humanity, and a demonstration of the benefits AI can bring to society https://t.co/G8vj8sbTcN
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AlphaFold reveals the structure of the protein universe

AlphaFold reveals the structure of the protein universe

Today, in partnership with EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), we’re now releasing predicted structures for nearly all catalogued proteins known to science, which will ...

@FrankPasquale shared
On Jul 25, 2022
RT @SydneyLawSchool: 🎙@Sydney_Ideas WEBINAR: How is #AI changing medical practice? Leading author & academic on the law of AI algorithms & machine learning @FrankPasquale will discuss this topic with @JustinSkowno and #SydneyLawSchool's @kim_weatherall. 25 July, 6pm➡ https://t.co/aKsc8ngpxP https://t.co/aLV4Xc8G3f
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How AI is changing medical practice

How AI is changing medical practice

This event has moved to online only Sydney Ideas is delighted to welcome back Professor Frank Pasquale (Brooklyn Law School), a leading author and academic on the law of …

@David_Gunkel shared
On Jul 26, 2022
"The medieval golem isn’t a proto-robot...Instead, it’s something far more radical: It is a person, one who is brought into existence for the sole purpose of demonstrating that humans, like God, are powerful enough to create life." - @dzkalman in @Slate https://t.co/LE7pYEYCIn
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What We Can All Learn From How Jewish Law Defines Personhood in A.I., Animals, and Aliens

What We Can All Learn From How Jewish Law Defines Personhood in A.I., Animals, and Aliens

The prospect of living algorithms is only one manifestation of a key question: What makes us uniquely human?

@FrankPasquale shared
On Jul 27, 2022
Oligopolies and monopolies in the communication sector have “been formed through vertical and horizontal integration, conditioned by national and world markets of profit rates, capital flows, and technological developments.” https://t.co/CKKaUdCZjC
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Contesting Freedom of Information: Capitalism, Development, and the Third World

Contesting Freedom of Information: Capitalism, Development, and the Third World

Contesting Freedom of Information: Capitalism, Development, and the Third World

@PartnershipAI shared
On Jul 21, 2022
READ 📖 A thoughtfully written book from our Partner @TechPolicyLab is an international collection of 19 short stories on AI’s social and cultural impacts: https://t.co/qW5VLCEqmF https://t.co/J1UdZuOvTR https://t.co/882kwNTRcu
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Telling Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence

Telling Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence

Telling Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence 19 Stories Edited by Ryan Calo, Batya Friedman, Tadayoshi Kohno, Hannah Almeter and Nick Logler University of …

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On Jul 28, 2022
@anderssandberg The two parts of the Transhumanist FAQ that come closest to implying inevitability both also mention choice, options, and contingency https://t.co/7SesDnMi1a
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Transhumanist FAQ

Transhumanist FAQ

“Transhumanism is a class of philosophies of life that seek the continuation and acceleration of the evolution of intelligent life beyond its currently human form and human …