The ruling that recognises the ‘native’ right of two people of the same sex to be considered the legal parents of a child made possible through technology strengthens the legal system. But it also raises the issue of how the relationship between technology, the human being, and society is changing. by Andrea Monti Continue reading “The Italian Constitutional Court Opens the Way to Transhumanism?”
Decoding the mind: neuroscience and generative AI are designing a new brain-machine interface
A conversation with Japanese neuroscientist Yu Takagi on the emerging boundaries between the human brain and generative artificial intelligence by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by MIT Technology Review Italia
Are biohybrid prostheses another step towards the Bicentennial Man?
The convergence of research in the fields of AI, neurotechnology and soft robotics raises the possibility of creating something very similar to Andrew, the protagonist of Bicentennial Man written by Isaac Asimov in 1976, which blurs the differences between human and artificialbeings by Andrea Monti -Initially published in Italian by MIT Technology Review Italia Continue reading “Are biohybrid prostheses another step towards the Bicentennial Man?”
Imane Khelif should be a scandal, but for an entirely different reason
The case of Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer who is the subject of heated controversy at the Paris 2024 Olympics because as a ‘trans’ woman she cannot fight a woman should, yes, make a scandal, but not for the reasons that many are arguing by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica. Continue reading “Imane Khelif should be a scandal, but for an entirely different reason”
Neuralink is the ante-chamber of technological discrimination
Public announcements about brain-computer interfaces and some developments in the field of genetics risk enhancing the discrimination between humans, if we do not take action, now by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Wired.it Continue reading “Neuralink is the ante-chamber of technological discrimination”