Fred GuerinJun 24, 20193 minOn AI Sex DollsFebruary 12/2019 In his Metamorphosis the Roman poet Ovid tells the story of Pygmalion, a sculptor who fell in love with a female statue...
Fred GuerinJun 24, 20194 minDouglas Rushkoff on How to be 'Team Human'In a TED Talk last September (2018) media theorist Douglas Rushkoff argues that in our present digital technological age humans are no...
Fred GuerinJun 24, 201917 minOn Roboethics and the Robotic HumanIn the preface to a piece in the Tyee “Roboethics’ Not Science Fiction Anymore,”Emi Sasagawa asks three interesting questions: Can a...
Fred GuerinJun 23, 20197 minOn Equity, Empathy and the 'Moral' Robot There is a great deal to be said for living one’s life according to certain generalized or universal moral principles. Thus, the demand...