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“Prosthetic Gods,” a new podcast on the “ethics of emerging technologies”

Philosopher Nir Eiskovits (U Mass/Boston) writes:

I’m writing to let you know about a podcast I recently launched with my colleague, the sociologist J Hughes, on the ethics of emerging technologies.

It’s called “Prosthetic Gods”.

The premise is a techno-progressive (J) and a luddite (me) debating new tech. The first three episodes have covered Chatbot therapy, using AI to enhance democratic participation, and the ethics of diagnosing diseases that can’t be cured. The fourth episode, on voice cloning, will be released next week.  You can find the podcast here or wherever you listen to podcasts.

I thought this could be of interest to your readers, as we actively try to bring two competing philosophical and cultural sensibilities to the discussion. I find there’s not enough of that in the public sphere.

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