Veritocracy: Casting a Mould for Enlightened Governance?
Op-Ed by Julian Rose Appealing to the baser instincts of the masses while growing rich and powerful by taxing their hard labour, has been the…
Ethics
UK Report: Police Use Of Live Facial Recognition Unlawful And Unethical
In the beginning, facial recognition technology was embraced as a tool to promote safety and security; in the end, it has provided neither and civil…
“Cyber Vetting” Job Candidates Can Cause Moral Judgment, Bias During Hiring Process
By Study Finds It’s easier than ever to get a true idea of what a job candidate is really like thanks to the ability to…
New White Paper Addresses “potential harm that AI can do”
By B.N. Frank Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology has many powerful proponents (see 1, 2). Despite growing opposition to its use, A.I. is still being used…
Google Engineer Placed On Leave After Insisting Company’s AI Is Sentient
By Tyler Durden A Google engineer has decided to go public after he was placed on paid leave for breaching confidentiality while insisting that the…
Company Considers Equipping Drones with Tasers to “potentially respond quickly and non-lethally to stop a shooter”
By B.N. Frank Technology continues to be introduced to address rising crime in the U.S. Earlier this year, artificial intelligence (A.I) tech was being tested…
The Courage To Stand Alone In Times of Adversity
By Neenah Payne America was founded by rebels, by spiritual warriors. They were not perfect people, but they risked their lives for freedom and to…
County Bans “For-Profit Display of Human Remains” Due to Outcry from Donated Veteran’s Body Being Publicly Dissected
By B.N. Frank Last year an American veteran’s widow learned from a local news reporter that her husband’s corpse was dissected in front of live,…
Eclipsed by the State: A Critical Look at Christian America
Op-Ed by Jordan Henderson A Facemask for the Christian Right – The Pledge of Allegiance The pledge of allegiance is a similar ritual to Covid…
Charles Lieber’s Legal Escapades & Freedom Of The Mind
By Maryam Henein Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind — John Milton, (1608-1674) While all eyes have been on Ukraine and Russia,…
Anger Towards Russians In US—A Reminder Of Post-9/11 Insanity
Op-Ed by Ryan Black Recently, my mom dropped off a plastic bin full of things I had left in her house thirteen years ago when…
University Of California Fires Ethics Program Director For Refusing COVID Vax
By Joseph M. Hanneman Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, the longtime professor of psychiatry at the University of California–Irvine School of Medicine who sued the university over…
We Invited An AI To Debate Its Own Ethics In The Oxford Union – What It Said Was Startling
By Dr Alex Connock, University of Oxford and Professor Andrew Stephen, University of Oxford Not a day passes without a fascinating snippet on the ethical…
Why There is a Civic and Moral Duty to Oppose Tyrannical Bureaucracies
By Barry Brownstein The searing Russian novel Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman is one of the greatest examinations of totalitarianism ever written. Based on…