Tag: ethics
AI isn’t close to becoming sentient – the real danger lies...
Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston
ChatGPT and similar large language models can produce compelling, humanlike answers to an endless array...
Why can’t Americans agree on, well, nearly anything? Philosophy has some answers
James Steiner-Dillon, University of Dayton
Does wearing a mask stop the spread of COVID-19? Is climate change driven primarily...
Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story,...
Risa Aria Schnebly, Arizona State University and Ben A. Minteer, Arizona State University
It’s no secret that human activities...
Wolf restoration in Colorado shows how humans are rethinking their relationships...
Christopher J. Preston, University of Montana
From sports to pop culture, there are few themes more appealing than a...
When there are no words: Talking about wartime trauma in Ukraine
Greta Uehling, University of Michigan
As the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, one thing is...
The ethics of home ownership in an age of growing inequality
Désirée Lim, Penn State
For many Americans today, homeownership is an unattainable dream.
In 2022, the...
Why are there prisons? An expert explains the history of using...
Joshua Long, UMass Lowell
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
All politicians must lie from time to time, so why is...
Michael Blake, University of Washington
The idea that politicians are dishonest is, at this point, something of a cliché...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
