Write-ups

Lecture Write-Up: “On the Pleasures and Perils of Personhood: Slavery and Artificial Life”

Synopsis Our changing technological landscape is both generative and a cause of anxiety for contemporary Americans. Questions for our rapidly developing future abound. What happens when machines make machines? Can AI and other technologies be held legally responsible for their actions? Can the owners of algorithms claim the product of their invention’s invention? This contentious […]

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Lecture Write-up: Revisiting the Turing Test

There are a few different ways we might understand this claim. On the one hand, there is a tremendous amount of contemporary interest in Alan Turing, with acclaimed films such as The Imitation Game and Ex Machina reflecting the magnetic pull of his life and research in popular culture. On the other hand, we find ourselves in a […]