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Last week I gave a talk (and did a panel discussion) at a conference entitled “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” held at the NYU Philosophy Department’s Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness. Here’s the video and a transcript: Thanks for inviting...

As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the...

In the next two decades, somewhere in the United States, a legal secretary is going to be handed a pink slip when she gets to work. Her worst fears have come true — a computer program has made her work obsolete. It's faster, cheaper, more accurate, and...

In a darkened seminar room at the University of Sussex, Lilian Edwards is telling her audience about Captain America 2. It is, she says, a must-see movie. It’s an odd claim for a Professor of Internet Law. It’s even odder that the audience, most of whom...

In a previous post, Edward Snowden hinted that the NSA may have the technology to read the secret thoughts and feelings of unsuspecting Americans. At first that might sound crazy, but is it really any more crazy than saying the NSA has the ability to...