The Dangers of Technology

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I think it's interesting to think about how technology changes the way we think and we use it. And I look at for example systems for raising animals that make it easy for us to treat animals as if they're simply production units rather than individuals who have the capability to suffer and to live well. There is the possibility in the same mode of technologies that lead us to regard other fellow human beings as simply things there to be used or things to be treated arbitrarily. And I think that's a very real danger. Again, I'm sort of a technological optimist because like you, I think technology, I couldn't live without all of these technologies that we use.

A.I. is no longer the stuff of science fiction. From Siri and Alexa to Chat GPT, our world is now inundated with artificial intelligence. One senses that it’s time to think more deeply about A.I. — its implications and its assumptions.

In this episode, you'll hear an excerpt from a Forum event at Iowa State University from March 2023. Josh Swamidass (WashU), a medical doctor and computer scientist, discusses the role of artificial intelligence today with Clark Wolf (Iowa State), a bioethicist and philosopher. Their conversation is moderatored by Alex Tuckness (Iowa State), a political science professor.

Watch the full Forum event here.
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