The risks that a robot’s ethics might be compromised by unscrupulous actors raise doubts over the wisdom of embedding ethical decision making in real-world safety critical robots This week my […]
Optimization over Explanation
Maximizing the benefits of machine learning without sacrificing its intelligence Imagine your Aunt Ida is in an autonomous vehicle (AV) — a self-driving car — on a city street closed to human-driven vehicles. Imagine […]
That Obscure Subject of Desire
Patriarchy engenders our values, desires and possibilities. It’s time to outgrow these gendered constraints on our becoming. Let’s talk about pleasure. I keep hearing a particular gripe about this cultural […]
Economics is quantum
Money and brains are both quantum phenomena – so it’s not surprising that economics is overdue for a quantum revolution ‘I’m not absolutely certain of my facts,’ wrote P G […]
Biology, Blockchains and Quantum Physics
How to thrive in the Snapchat economy “Life is about unpredictable novelty where the possible is always richer than the real.” We inhabit a world of emergence, uncertainty and unforeseeable change. […]