#robots #podcasts #society #economics #AI #technology #MIT #science Should we be worried about our future with robots? Dr. Kate Darling provides some much-needed insight to help us navigate our present and future with machines. Dr. Kate Darling is a Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab and author of THE NEW BRE... more
#artificialintelligence #technology #soul #selfcare #selfimprovement #selfimage #selfie In this episode of The Dolores Project, I sit down with Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh to discuss the self and AI. Mark is an expert on the philosophy of AI and philosophy. Please make sure to check out his books on the topic: AI and Sel... more
What is QueerCrip theory and how does it speak into theology and technology. Today's expert, Dr. Max Thornton, will help us think through these issues. Max is a theologian and philosopher specializing in disability, queerness, gender, and tech. These are really hard conversations to have in such polarizing times, but I... more
#AI #theology #chatgpt #soicalmedia #family #computerscience #relationships How does theology and AI impact our relationships with one another and with God? Dr. Noreen Herzfeld has much to say into these topics. Enjoy the show. Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at S... more
#race #robots #technology #creator #podcasts #philosophy #reggae #sound #alien #artificialintelligence #slavery #resistance How should we think about race and technology? As we learn from Dr. Chude-Sokei, race and tech have always been together. Found out how and what that means for society in this episode. Bio: L... more
The COVID-19 pandemic forced churches to move to online platforms. Many leaders where not ready nor prepared for this transition. In the wake of already high tensions with new media, there was much doubt about the use of social media, YouTube, and smartphones as a way to extend the ministries of the local church. Tha... more
What is the nature of consciousness? Can a robot or Alien or computer be conscious? Absurd as all of this sounds, in light of recent events with ChatGpt and LaMDA, the hard question of "what is like to be" a machine is back on the table. In this episode of The Dolores Project, I am joined by Thomas Telving. Thomas is... more
#AI #technology #robots #love #ethics #philosophy In this episode of the Dolores Project, I am joined by Dr. Kathleen Richardson, founder of the Campaign Against Porn Robots. Kathleen Richardson is a Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI and part of the Europe-wide DREAM project (Development of Robot-Enha... more
In this episode of the Dolores Project, I am joined by Dr. Kate Ott to discuss her most recent research on sex robots from a Christian perspective. A feminist and Christian ethicist, Dr. Ott is an expert on the formation of moral communities with specializations in technology, children and youth, sexuality, pedagog... more
John R. Emery is an Assistant Professor of International Security in the department ofInternational and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma. His research focuses on issues of technology in international relations, ethics of war, security studies, nuclear wargaming, human-machine interaction, and political theory... more
Eileen Hunt Botting is Professor of Political Science, a Fellow of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and Concurrent Faculty in Gender Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She will complete two books while a Distinguished Fellow of the NDIAS: Mary Shel... more
Dr. Schuurman is a fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, part of the leadership team for the West Michigan ASA chapter, an associate fellow of the The Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge, senior member of the IEEE, member of the ACM, CES, ACMS, a book review editor for Perspectives on Science a... more
About Jacob: Jacob joined chambers in October 2018. He is a former solicitor-advocate, having qualified in 2014. He has advised individuals, corporates and sovereigns in a variety of commercial matters involving both litigation and arbitration. Jacob accepts instructions in all areas of chambers’ practice and is happy... more
John Danaher is a lecturer in the Law School. He holds a BCL from University College Cork (2006); an LLM from Trinity College Dublin (2007); and a PhD from University College Cork (2011). He was lecturer in law at Keele University in the UK from 2011 until 2014. He joined NUI Galway in July 2014. John's research focu... more
Alan works at UWE spans Research and Public Engagement. He conducts research in Cognitive Robotics within the Bristol Robotics Lab. He is a member of the Science Communication Unit, and undertake public engagement work centred upon robotics. Robot ethics is a significant focus of his current work, including the develop... more
Sven Nyholm is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 2012. His dissertation, on Kant’s ethics, was awarded the Pro-quest Distinguished Dissertation Award. Currently, Nyholm is working on the ethics of automated d... more
Burkhard Schafer is Professor of Computational Legal Theory at the University of Edinburgh. He is co-founder and co-director of the Joseph Bell Centre for Legal Reasoning and Forensic Statistics. In this episode we discuss the limitations of granting robots rights and the function of insurance in the face of liability... more
Hendrik Kempt is a PostDoc working in the ethics of AI in medical diagnostics. He studied Philosophy and Sociology at HHU Düsseldorf (B.A.) and Humboldt University Berlin (M.A.). During his graduate studies, working on prescriptivism in metaethics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, he went on to be a visiting scholar... more
Join me for a brilliant discussion with emerging scholar Cindy Friedman as we talk about robot rights and the reasons for considering a robot morally. Cindy is a PhD student at Utrecht University and a member of the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies Research Consortium. Follow her on Twitter at @Cindyy2303.
In this episode I am joined by Joshua C. Gellers who is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Florida. We talk about the rights of animals, nature, and our concerns and hopes for our future with non-human entities. There is a lot to unpack in this episode so grab a pen and paper and get... more
In this episode I chat with Dr. Simon Chesterman, a distinguished lawyer and prolific writer. He is the dean of law at the National University of Singapore and Senior Director of AI Governance with AI Singapore. I hope you enjoy the episode and will consider picking up Simon's book coming out in July, "We, the Robots? ... more
On the first episode of the Dolores Project I interview The Godfather of Robot Rights literature. He literally wrote the book on robot rights (MIT Press). Dr. Gunkel is a distinguished scholar and writer of philosophy, communication theory, and of course, AI and robots. Make sure to checkout David's book and informati... more