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
The danger of ‘digital resurrection’
Building AI-animated replicas of deceased people is the archetype of our era’s individualistic selfishness and progressive self-condemnation to loneliness by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian by La Repubblica-Italian Tech
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?”
Chatbots that are too human: the risks we run
The case of Character.AI and the suicide of a 14-year-old in the United States, attributed to interaction with the chatbot, sheds light on the legal consequences of the anthropomorphisation of software by Andrea Monti – Originally published on Wired.it Continue reading “Chatbots that are too human: the risks we run”