In this episode, Sven and John talk about relationships with machines. Can you collaborate with a machine? Can robots be friends, colleagues or, perhaps, even lovers? These are common tropes in science fiction and popular culture, but is there any credibility to them? What would the ethical status of such relationships be? Should they be […]

8 – Machines as Colleagues, Friends and Lovers

A series of accessible conversations about the ethics of technology. Topics covered include: the nature of ethics and technology, the methods of ethics, control and technological risk, responsibility and agency in machines, autonomy and behaviour change, should we merge with machines, AI in the workplace and more.

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8 – Machines as Colleagues, Friends and Lovers

8 – Machines as Colleagues, Friends and Lovers