Philosophy of artificial intelligence

Tobias Buehner Professor Douglass TA Gianna Englert Philosophy 099 October 5, 2014 Analyzing Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Over time, history has produced extraordinary leaders. People such as George Washington, Gandhi, and Alexander the Great have inspired the minds of many and created magnificent societies for their people. These men not only successfully lead their people, they also fostered them and helped them grow and develop. They are considered to be some of the greatest leaders of all…

thermodynamics? These seemingly simple questions are what drove four brilliant mathematicians to insanity and ultimately suicide. “Dangerous Knowledge” delves into the deeper side of mathematics by trying to understand nature through mathematics, philosophy, physics, and logic. Each of them over obsessed with finding answers, and each time they reached a new height in research they found themselves with more and more questions. Georg Cantor was the first mathematician who propelled his…

scientific breakthroughs unparalleled to any other time period. Genes within the human body have been bio-hacked and reprogrammed (Sophia Chen, Wired Magazine); immunities to diseases have been engineered (Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review); artificial intelligence has enabled machines to operate beyond one’s control (Anjana Ahuja, Financial Times Magazine); and the future for the field of science looks larger and brighter with all of the ingredients necessary for a promising recipe for…

been studied throughout time both in conjunction and individually. Ancient philosophies such as Plato’s (Silverman, 2013) viewed the body as temporary where as the mind was from another world therefore being able to transport. This means that the two were only united until the death or decay of the body and because the mind was from another world, it was the only thing capable of viewing universal truths. These philosophies are still being represented in 20th century literature. However, thanks…

the real world. The matrix as in the name of the movie is defined as the dream world, where humans are deceived by the Artificial Intelligence (AI). Throughout the movie, the main character Neo has always questioned his reality and wishes to learn the answer to the question "What is the Matrix?" The philosophy of the movie, The Matrix shows similarities to Descartes's philosophy, since both doubts the reality of the world and use the similar idea of a deceiving creature.…

The journey of science has come a long way in analyzing how knowledge developed over thousands of years and continue to expands its boundaries. It changed the perspective of life and defined roles in the society. All the literatures that were written and the scientific experiments through observations and performance have proven to expand the cultural beliefs of enlightenment and changed how humanity should be define by. Some of these contributions that influenced the approach of life include…

parents around the new town you just moved to, Philosophy Town. You take them on a tour of main street, the park, and the school grounds. At the end of the day, however, you father says, “That was nice today, but when are we going to see Philosophy Town?” Asking to see Philosophy Town is the categorical mistake being made. Philosophy Town is not its own entity. It is not some singular building or object that you can drive to and see. Instead, Philosophy Town are the many buildings and…

Rationality as is meant in literal terms is the quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic. This accounts to be one of the most important steps in bringing solutions to almost all of the crucial problems our modern society is facing these days. We need to take some revolutionary approach in the quality of thinking employed by both decision makers and by each of us in our daily affairs. Swami Vivekananda is often named as the rational thinker of Modern India. He firmly…

competition, for what is achievable by one, is achievable by all. One way to accomplish this would be for the political power (i.e. the government) at hand to invent a means that impeded on any one individual’s advantage in society, whether it be intelligence, beauty, creativity, etc.. In Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, “Harrison Bergeron”,…

Imagine a small frog crossing a busy highway in order to escape a predator. It has managed to avoid getting run over by cars, and has landed on the road centerline. It is only a matter of time before a car drifts slightly and smashes the frog; is it safer for the frog to stay in the same place, or to complete the journey to the other side and risk getting hit? Humans have crossed half the metaphorical road of environmental control in an effort to escape the hands of the gods. Throughout the…