In this episode, I speak with my former student, Aiden Gilroy. Aiden is currently a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Political Science and Philosophy, and working as a research writer for the Notre Dame New AI Project. Aiden has a particular focus on digital privacy and is the founder of a research study Simply Privacy, which is built to educate and influence students on the importance of Data Privacy and why privacy still matters in our digital world.

In this conversation, we discuss many topics under the AI ethics sun, including AI and cognitive offloading, the future of work, AI and virtue ethics, Transhumanism versus Ludditism, existential risk, utopias and fully automated luxury communism, AlphaFold and the promise of AI in science, AI regulation, and the ethics of AI companions.

Here is a link to Aiden’s most recent post for the Notre Dame New AI Project:  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-new-ai_perplexityai-aisearch-futureofsearch-activity-7317932245804007426-7ZsC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACx7INEBLI_