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Welcome to “Prosthetic Gods,” the podcast where bioethicist James Hughes and philosopher Nir Eisikovits engage in spirited debates on the ethics and politics of emerging technologies. Hughes, a pro-technology transhumanist, and Eisikovits, with his Luddite stance, explore topics from brain-computer interfaces to artificial intelligence. Tune in and explore the promise and perils of technological advancements with us!
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Sep 2, 2024
Sep 2, 2024
53 min
Can There Be Bad Knowledge?
In medical ethics there are debates about when people should be encouraged to get tested for diseases or conditions for which there is no therapy, such as Alzheimer’s disease. In the case of knowing you have a risk or diagnosis of incurable disease, is ignorance really bliss, or does “true happiness” require knowledge? What are the ethics of these "bad knowledge" situations?
How early is too early to find out you've got an incurable disease?
https://www.wired.com/story/alzheimers-disease-dementia-medicine-prediction-ethics/
The Woman Who Could Smell Parkinson’s
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/magazine/parkinsons-smell-disease-detection.html
Lightning Round
Google hires Character.AI founders
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/02/google-character-ai-noam-shazeer/
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