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Humanizing Chatbots Is Hard To Resist — But Why?
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/humanizing-chatbots-is-hard-to-resist-but-why/
Published: August 30, 2024 15:08
Written by Madeline G. Reinecke (@mgreinecke) You might recall a story from a few years ago, concerning former Google software engineer Blake Lemoine. Part of Lemoine’s job was to chat with LaMDA, a large language model (LLM) in development at the time, to…
PRESS RELEASE: Oxford-led Study Calls for End to “Medically Unnecessary” Intersex Surgeries
Published: August 29, 2024 00:50
New International Consensus Calls for Healthcare Providers to Stop Performing Medically Unnecessary Genital Surgeries in Prepubertal Children and Infants, Regardless of Sex or Gender A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Uehiro…
Paternalistic AI: the case of aged care
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/paternalistic-ai-the-case-of-aged-care/
Published: August 13, 2024 11:07
Imagine you are thirty, and you return home after a stressful day at work, wishing for a long bath to relax. After soaking in the tub for half an hour, the alarms suddenly go off, and your phone starts ringing. Your family members have been alerted by…
New publication: AI Morality
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/new-publication-ai-morality/
Published: August 8, 2024 12:03
Edited by David Edmonds, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre, this collection of lively and accessible essays covers topics such as healthcare, employment, autonomous weapons, online advertising and much more. A philosophical task…
Philosophy in Prison: some thoughts, and doubts, about the role of philosophy
Published: August 5, 2024 09:06
By Alberto Giubilini As part of the Uehiro Oxford Institute’s initiative in collaboration with the charity Philosophy in Prison, I recently went to HMP Bronzefield to teach a philosophy class. My colleague Joanna Demaree-Cotton coordinates the initiative…
Reducing the Power of Childless Cat Ladies?
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/07/reducing-the-power-of-childless-cat-ladies/
Published: July 29, 2024 04:45
JD Vance’s 2021 comments on how the Democrats are run by “childless cat ladies” are obviously – and probably deliberately – offensive, but the broader point of his remarks is one that’s worth considering. Vance’s broader point was that people without…
Should Evangelicals Support IVF?
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/07/should-evangelicals-support-ivf/
Published: July 26, 2024 10:59
written by Christopher Register Evangelicals and other pro-life advocates have underappreciated reasons to support in vitro fertilization (IVF) and funding for maternal health and reproductive technologies in general. These reasons stem from the…
Can We Make Life Choices Rationally?
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/07/can-we-make-life-choices-rationally/
Published: July 11, 2024 09:56
Written by Daniel Villiger Do I want to have children? This is one of the big life decisions. If I choose to have a child and am successful, I will become a parent and will experience the ups and downs, the advantages and disadvantages of being a parent.…
Building A World People Can Use
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/07/building-a-world-people-can-use/
Published: July 10, 2024 12:01
Written by Rebecca Brown Imagine going to a cafe for a drink and snack. At some point you need the loo – you go to the bathroom but discover the toilet seat is higher than your waist! Somehow you manage to clamber up, unfortunately touching parts of a…
Should There be Total Divestment From All Arms Companies?
Published: July 9, 2024 10:57
Written by MSt student Mahdi Ghuloom Reports this year from May indicate that the college council of Trinity College Cambridge, has voted to divest from all arms companies (Mulla, 2024). Pressure has been rising from students on universities to conduct…