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Tagged with philosophy-of-technology ethics
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Will it be right to enslave AI?
This question has been boggling my mind for quite some time now. As we see the clear rise of artistic content made by AI, we also see people consuming the artificial content. There was this post in ...
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Are there moral dilemmas that can not be solved just by unbounded resources, that require something other to solve them?
Are there moral dilemmas that can not be solved just by unbounded resources, that require something other to solve them?
By solving the moral dilemma I mean either one of the following:
Identify, ...
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Moral issues in cyber technology [closed]
Is anyone of deontology or utilitarianism adequate to handle moral issues in cyber technology? Or do we need some other theory?
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What are some of the problems involved in privileging efficiency and objectivity as values, over and against moral virtues? [closed]
I am wondering, for example, why do we think that maximum efficiency is a
social good?
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Has the philosophy of technology's impact on human life so far been studied?
There is no doubt that technology has influenced human life، Has the impact of technology on human life been examined from a philosophical point of view?
(Particularly the impact of technological ...
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Ethics of Bitcoin
People do hard work (physical activity) that benefit the world and they earn money. Today, I can buy a set of GPUs and let it run without me investing a lot of time on it (apart from initial setup) ...
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What are the ethical implications of speculating on Bitcoin? [closed]
It seems as if one of the primary attractions of Bitcoin is its usefulness for nefarious purposes. I'm not sure how much of its value is underpinned by these activities, but I get the feeling it is ...
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Can a Video Game be More than Just Entertainment? [closed]
I'm interested in creating video games that influence people in a positive way. On the surface, this seems like a tech question, but in reality, it's more philosophical. For instance..
Why do games ...
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Who is responsible for damages of automatic drones?
I had a discussion about drones for civilian use, e.g. self-driving cars without a human at its wheels, transport devices that would fly products you otherwise would buy in the supermarket directly to ...
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What might be some of the most significant philosophical implications of a technological singularity?
Several prominent futurologists and technologists, most importantly Kurzweil and Moravec, have projected varying timelines for a forthcoming technological singularity in the next century or even few ...
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Is unauthorized downloading of music stealing?
On the one hand, when you download music you are merely making a copy of something. You aren't depriving someone of a physical object. You aren't really taking anything.
On the other hand, when you ...
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