This is the third episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism project podcast. In this episode I talk to Sven Nyholm who is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Sven has a background in Kantian philosophy and currently does a lot of work on the ethics of technology. We have a wide ranging conversation, circling around three main themes: (i) how technology changes what we value (using the specific example of love enhancement technologies); (ii) how technology might affect the true self (using the example of deep brain stimulation technologies) and (iii) how to design ethical decision-making algorithms (using the example of self-driving cars). The work discussed in this podcast on deep brain stimulation and the design of ethical algorithms is being undertaken by Sven in collaboration with two co-authors: Elizabeth O'Neill (in the case of DBS) and Jilles Smids (in the case of self-driving cars). Unfortunately we neglected to mention this during our conversation. I have provided links to their work above and below. Anyway, you can download the podcast here, listen below or subscribe on Stitcher or iTunes.   Show Notes 0:00 - 1:30 - Introduction to Sven 1:30 - 7:30 - The idea of love enhancement 7:30 - 10:30 - Objections to love enhancement 10:30 - 12:30 - The medicalisation objection to love enhancement 12:30 - 21:10 - Medicalisation as an evaluative category mistake 21:10 - 24:00 - Can you favour love enhancement and still value love in the right way? 24:00 - 28:10 - Evaluative category mistakes in other debates about technology 28:10 - 30:50 - The use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) technology 30:50 - 35:20 - Reported effects of DBS on personal identity 35:20 - 41:20 - Narrative Identity vs True Self in debates about DBS 41:20 - 46:25 - Is the true self an expression of values? Can DBS help in its expression? 46:25 - 50:30 - Use of DBS to treat patients with Anorexia Nervosa 50:30 - 55:20 - Ethical algorithms in the design of self-driving cars 55:20 - 1:02:40 - Is the trolley problem a useful starting point? 1:02:40 - 1:06:30 - The importance of legal and moral responsibility in the design of ethical algorithms 1:06:30 - 1:09:00 - The important of uncertainty and risk in the design of ethical algorithms 1:09:00 - end - Should moral uncertainty be factored into the design?   LinksSven's Staff Profile PageSven's Philpapers Profile'The Medicalization of Love and Narrow and Broad Conceptions of Well Being' by Sven Nyholm'The Medicalization of Love' by Earp, Savulescu and Sandberg'The Medicalization of Love: Response to Critics' by Earp, Savulescu and SandbergElizabeth O'Neill's homepage (Sven's co-author on DBS and the true self)Parkinson's patient using DBS device: On-Off Demo (Youtube)'Deep Brain Stimulation, Continuity Over Time and the True Self' by Nyholm and O'Neill'The Ethics of Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa' by Maslen, Pugh and SavulescuJilles Smids (Sven's Co-author on ethical algorithms for self-driving cars)'Driverless cars are colliding with the creep trolley problem' by Joel Achenbach, Washington Post'Why self-driving cars must be programmed to kill' MIT Technology Review