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Could AIs become conscious?

MOST PEOPLE believe humans are different. The reason is that Homo sapiens has evolved to be conscious. Many animals feel pain and pleasure; some appear to be self-aware. But the human mind’s unique potential to exhibit a sense of self marks out every member of the species for special treatment.

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Effective altruism is this century’s biggest idea

THOUGHT PRECEDES deed as lightning precedes thunder, wrote the poet Heinrich Heine. So it has proved with effective altruism (EA), an ethical doctrine cooked up by philosophers in Oxford that has gone from the ivory tower to the corridors of power with...

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AI verandert opleiding en toepassing medische informatica

Prof. dr. Enkelejda Miho, teamleider Digital Life Sciences aan de University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), legt uit waarom medische informatica de traditionele grenzen tussen geneeskunde en informatica moet overstijgen en hoe het...