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Automation and Augmentation in Theological Perspective

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract AI enables forms of automation that threaten unemployment and deskilling, eliminating important opportunities for the development of virtue. The concomitant loss of virtue and meaningful employment makes it a theological problem from the perspective of Catholic social teaching and theological anthropology.
Paul Scherz
wiley   +1 more source

“CONSCIENCE AND THE ENDS OF HUMANITY: CHRISTIAN HUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The astonishing speed of the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has sparked reflections by theologians and philosophers on what distinctiveness, if any, human beings possess as individuals and as a species. This article addresses this question with respect to an ancient idea in Christian thought reaching back to St.
William Schweiker
wiley   +1 more source

Superintelligence as a Cause or Cure for Risks of Astronomical Suffering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Discussions about the possible consequences of creating superintelligence have included the possibility of existential risk, often understood mainly as the risk of human extinction. We argue that suffering risks (s-risks) , where an adverse outcome would
Gloor, Lukas, Sotala, Kaj
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Navigating Digital Transformation? The Guiding Role and Socialization Processes of Change Agents

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the role of internal change agents in advancing digital transformation within public sector organizations. In response to the complexities of digitalization, these change agents guide their peers in adopting technology and bridging the gap between strategy and implementation. We draw on an 18‐month diary study (N = 68,
Caroline Fischer, Jessica Breaugh
wiley   +1 more source

Robustness to fundamental uncertainty in AGI alignment [PDF]

open access: yes
The AGI alignment problem has a bimodal distribution of outcomes with most outcomes clustering around the poles of total success and existential, catastrophic failure.
G. Gordon Worley, I. I. I.
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Elucidating the Genetic Basis of Columnar Upright Architecture in Populus Through CRISPR Disruption of TILLER ANGLE CONTROL1

open access: yesPlant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Narrow or upright branch angles in shoots and leaves lead to columnar, upright‐growing tree architectures, as observed in various tree species such as Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica). However, the genetic mechanism underlying this unique growth habit in Lombardy poplar has not yet been elucidated.
Na‐Young Choi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI Alignment Versus AI Ethical Treatment: 10 Challenges

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A morally acceptable course of AI development should avoid two dangers: creating unaligned AI systems that pose a threat to humanity and mistreating AI systems that merit moral consideration in their own right. This paper argues these two dangers interact and that if we create AI systems that merit moral consideration, simultaneously avoiding ...
Adam Bradley, Bradford Saad
wiley   +1 more source

AI Authoritarianism: Towards an Analytical Framework

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This Intervention offers a call for investigating the deepening alignment of artificial intelligence and authoritarian politics. The paper highlights three key features of AI that inflect the workings and logics of authoritarianism: (selective) inhumanisation, the cult of intelligence and scaling. We argue that AI is not simply extending,
Thomas Dekeyser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic Evaluation of the Sysmex XN‐1000V Lymphocyte Fluorescence for Differentiating Canine Nodal Large B‐Cell and T‐Cell Lymphoma

open access: yesVeterinary and Comparative Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Canine lymphoma is a common haematopoietic neoplasm. Immunophenotype is a major prognostic factor and may influence treatment recommendations. This study assessed the diagnostic performance of the Sysmex XN‐1000V white blood cell differential (WDF) scattergram to differentiate canine nodal large B‐cell and T‐cell lymphoma, using the percentage
Javier Martínez‐Caro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reframing Ethical Theory, Pedagogy, and Legislation to Bias Open Source AGI Towards Friendliness and Wisdom

open access: yesJournal of Ethics and Emerging Technologies, 2015
Hopes for biasing the odds towards the development of AGI that is human-friendly depend on finding and employing ethical theories and practices that can be incorporated successfully in the construction, programming and/or developmental growth, education ...
J. Cox
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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