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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 1d

"The conservative shop owner displaced by automation has more in common with the liberal professor replaced by AI tutors than either has with the billionaire who erased them. When the educated middle class lose faith in gradual reform, they engineer it." thehill.com/opinion/tech...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 1d

Topol's Super Agers is a review of cutting-edge approaches to tackling illnesses that cut lives short, including CRISPR gene editing and stem-cells. Topol, like most researchers in the field, argues that anything that decreases life expectancy is an anti-aging target. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The cutting-edge medical approaches that could transform ageing

An optimistic take on the state of the longevity field provides hope for treating a range of ageing-related diseases — but feels at odds with the current shape of US research.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 1d

UMass Amherst researchers demonstrate that their nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively prevent melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in mice. 88% of the vaccinated mice remain tumor-free. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...

Nanoparticle vaccine prevents multiple cancers and stops metastasis in mice

A study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers demonstrates that their nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively prevent melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in mice...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 2d

Part I of a three-part series exploring the philosophies of technology shaping our future: Instrumentalism, Substantivism, and the Critical Theory of Technology.
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The Myth of Neutral Technology

Why technology is never just a tool

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 3d

Matteo and I had a lovely conversation about technoprogressivism as a new flavor of social democracy on his new podcast Bread and Robots. breadandrobots.substack.com/p/technoprog...

Technoprogressivism and Social Democratic Futures – With James Hughes

What technoprogressivism is, why it matters, and how it can power a democratic, egalitarian future

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 3d

Call for Applications: Bioethics, AI Politics and a New World Order, Online School, Dec 15-20, 2025
In a world torn apart by conflict and disorder, the intersection of bioethics, AI, & global governance. Early Reg deadline Nov 5, 2025
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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 5d

On the other hand, the One Ring would make alignment a snap.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 6d

Today's new episode: Cartesianism and Gender

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Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.

#philsky #podcast

Early modern image of women in 17th c France

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 5d

Pointing out illiberal and anti-human rhetoric and myth-busting AI hype is important. But humanist rhetoric around AI is also weaponized, and digging into politicians and corporations that use it to defend the status quo is crucial, writes @mmblaszczyk.bsky.social.

Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy | TechPolicy.Press

Overtly humanist, democratic, and romantic rhetoric is easily co-opted by sophisticated market players and politicians, writes Matt Blaszczyk.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 5d

For last week's podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to John Wihbey, an associate professor at Northeastern University and the author of a new book titled Governing Babel: The Debate Over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—And What Comes Next, out this week from MIT Press. Listen here:

Governing Babel: John Wihbey on Platforms, Power, and the Future of Free Expression | TechPolicy.Press

Wihbey is the author of Governing Babel: The Debate over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—and What Comes Next, a book from MIT Press.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 5d

Are we ready for customizable lovebots designed to push our most primal buttons? SEX ROBOT MADNESS (1.5 hrs) is a fast-paced, unapologetic dive into the human-machine intimacy, where the line between connection and commodification blurs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZTh...

Sex Robot Madness | True Story Documentary Channel

YouTube video by True Story Documentary Channel

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 6d

Technology & Religion on prosthetic Gods
Nir Eisikovits and J Hughes explore the evolving role of tech in religious practice, asking Is AI-enhanced worship a valid form of faith? What does it mean to “pray” with a digital voice assistant?
prostheticgods.podbean.com/e/technology...

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6d

Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.

Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence

Both the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 7d

Some good news:

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Uber and Lyft drivers in California win the right to unionize | CNN Business

More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin ...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d

The new Platform Work Directive gives workers the right to challenge automated decision-making, to peer inside the algorithms used, to speak to a responsible human about disputes, and to have their privacy and other fundamental rights protected on the job. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

What Europe’s New Gig Work Law Means for Unions and Technology

At EFF, we believe that tech rights are worker’s rights. Since the pandemic, workers of all kinds have been subjected to increasingly invasive forms of bossware. These are the “algorithmic

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 7d

How does it seem remotely plausible that the desire for longevity is a recent biopharma conspiracy? "Experts believe the first step was creating the desire for longevity, and to achieve this, it had to become a popular concept."
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Longevity: The great new status symbol

Once thought to be a balance between genetic lottery and lifestyle, it is now seen as a race for privileges that allow for earlier diagnoses, halting processes and reversing damage. And all of this co...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 8d

Chinese scientists have genetically engineered stem cells capable of rejuvenating the health, including the cognition, of aged macaques. www.nad.com/news/anti-ag...

Anti-Aging Breakthrough: Stem Cells Reverse Signs of Aging in Monkeys

Chinese scientists have genetically engineered stem cells capable of rejuvenating the health, including the cognition, of aged macaques.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 9d

Longevity has entered the zeitgeist: Scientists are making incredibly promising breakthroughs that could help us live longer, healthier lives. www.freethink.com/biotech/andr...

Longevity progress is real. So are the scams.

Longevity is in a paradoxical place at the moment, with anti-aging influencers misrepresenting real progress in order to make money.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 10d

MP becomes first to create himself as an AI bot www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mark Sewards becomes first MP to create himself as an AI bot

Mark Sewards MP says the chatbot version of himself will allow people to ask for help with local issues.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 10d

Is AI Conscious? A Primer on the Myths and Confusions Driving the Debate - Susan Schneider, David Sahner, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Eric Schwitzgebel & Mark Bailey philpapers.org/rec/SCHIAC-22

Susan Schneider, David Sahner, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Eric Schwitzgebel & Mark Bailey, Is AI Conscious? A Primer on the Myths and Confusions Driving the Debate - PhilPapers

Artificial intelligence is sparking unprecedented claims about machine minds — but are today’s systems really conscious? In this primer, we disentangle the myths, misconceptions, and confusions fuelin...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 10d

The Rise Against Big Tech Campaign invites you to a 90-minute workshop to learn how to conduct your own mini-workshop within your organization to begin thinking about a strategic move away from Big Tech. WHEN: Thursday, October 9 at 16:00 UTC / 12pm US Eastern Time - 90 minutes riseagainstbig.tech

Welcome

Rise Against Big Tech challenges the dangerous and destructive practices of large technology corporations. The campaign is organized by Infrared, a coalition of independent, feminist, cooperative, ant...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 10d

“The govt’s secretive and unlawful collection and consolidation of Americans’ personal data is a clear example of the constitutional crisis we are living through.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump Administration Sued Over Massive ‘Interagency Database’ of Americans’ Private Information

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Science Magazine @science.org · 10d

Robots, like humans and other social animals, could learn from each other and develop collective intelligence that is more adaptable than behaviors arising from monolithic #AI models, according to a new Viewpoint in #ScienceRobotics. https://scim.ag/4721lz1

Extending robot minds through collective learning

Robotics should shift from monolithic AI to collective robotic intelligence for scalable, adaptable, and efficient solutions.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 10d

While the occupational mix is changing more quickly than it has in the past, it is not a large difference and predates AI in the workforce. Currently, measures of exposure, automation, and augmentation aren't related to changes in employment. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/eva...

Evaluating the Impact of AI on the Labor Market: Current State of Affairs

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