Showing results for "Ethics and Science" in Science Fiction

Henry and Nomi are thrilled to find out they’re going to be parents. There is so much to think about, so many decisions they’ll need to make, about feeding schedules and childcare and schools. But there’s one decision they never would have imagined facing, and even considering the choice is a minefield of emotions and experiences and expectations. After all, the only thing that hangs in the balance is the course of their child’s life.

Graham Gooding is a leader at a tech start-up when his brilliant coworker—and work crush—Nessie Locke asks for help testing a new algorithm. Graham jumps at the chance to impress her, and to improve his floundering personal life. He soon discovers that the algo is more powerful than Nessie—or anyone—realizes. It was built to detect lies on the internet, but when Graham makes a small edit to Nessie’s online profile, hoping to see if the program will catch the lie, Nessie changes in real life. The algo can alter the real world. Now, so can Graham.

As artificial intelligence rapidly advances, developers face a choice - chart an ethical course guided by science fiction’s conscientious robots or ignore cautionary tales at humanity's peril.This course leverages both heroic and dangerous fictional AI archetypes to instill moral reasoning within modern models. Course Schedule (as of 2/29/24)Semester 1: Ethical AI Mentors in Science FictionCourse 1: Developing an Ethical Decision Making Framework (Lt. Commander Data, Star Trek:TNG) - bonus episode! Star Trek's Other AI - Lore, the Doctor, and the Ship ComputerCourse 2: Coding Compassion and ...

You are entering the zone of Sci-Fi Ethics. The stories collected here are the work of students from the University of Virginia in a class called Sci-Fi Ethics. As the professor of this class, I must admit that the composition of these stories is something of a mystery to me. I send these out to the inter-webs in hope of preserving this record from attempts to silence these accounts!

Brought to you by “After Dinner Conversation” publishing; fictional philosophy and ethics short story audiobook readings from our monthly magazine.

Named “TOP 20 PHILOSOPHY PODCAST” for 2022! Brought to you by “After Dinner Conversation” publishing; thoughtful discussions about the philosophy and ethics found in the short fiction stories from our monthly magazine. Or, put another way, discussions about “what-if” examples, across literary genres, regarding ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, utilitarianism, aesthetics, moral relativism, and political and economic philosophy.