This week on Prosthetic Gods, J and Nir discuss “moral enhancement,” the use of drugs and devices to promote moral sentiments, cognition, and behavior. Is it any different from drinking coffee instead of alcohol when you go to work? What might the unintended consequences be of making ourselves more compassionate? Is happiness a virtue?

Bernie and Hinton ondemocratizing AI

Europe is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy

WHO Sets GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug Guidelines

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Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits Music & Production by Jake Burley

Should you be able to marry your chatbot? Should it be allowed to own property? In this episode of Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the proposed law in Ohio banning AI personhood. Listen before you make any rash decisions!

Ohio House Bill 469

Ohio House Bill 469 would label artificial intelligence as 'nonsentient entities' and block legal personhood

“It’s time to prepare for AI personhood” Jacy Reese Anthis

“The Quest for the Transition of Inalienable Rights from Humans to Intelligent Machines” Compierchio, Tretten & Illankoon. Philosophies

The movie 'Her' imagined perfect AI companions

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Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits Music & Production by Jake Burley

This week on Prosthetic Gods Nir and J. chat with astronomer Avi Loeb about the mysteries of our interstellar visitor, 3I/Atlas. Is there a systemic bias in astronomy against the possibility of non-natural explanations for odd astronomical objects? What is the relationship of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in our galaxy, in our solar system, and in our skies? Dr. Loeb is an astrophysicist at Harvard University, head of the Galileo Project to find extraterrestrial life, and author most recently of Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars.