All articles tagged with #ethical questions
The article discusses groundbreaking scientific advancements such as babies born from one man's sperm and two women's eggs, raising questions about what defines humanity, and explores human-AI relationships, highlighting the ethical and philosophical implications of these technologies.
A pregnant woman declared brain dead in Georgia was kept on life support due to strict abortion laws, raising ethical and legal questions about medical decision-making and fetal rights, as her family was reportedly not involved in the decision to continue her care, leading to a rare case where her fetus was born prematurely after prolonged life support.
After his wife suffered severe brain damage and remained unresponsive in a coma, David turned to an unprecedented therapy involving high doses of distilled liquid psilocybin, a psychedelic drug, in an attempt to restore her consciousness. This controversial treatment, conducted in Colorado where psychedelic mushrooms are decriminalized, raises important ethical questions about consent and the potential for psychedelics to reorganize and rewire the brain in patients with impaired awareness.
In 2019, the Beresheet space probe carrying tardigrades crashed on the Moon, raising questions about the potential colonization by these resilient micro-animals. Tardigrades, known for their ability to survive extreme conditions, would face challenges such as lack of water and extreme temperatures on the Moon. While inactive specimens may be present on lunar soil, their ability to reactivate and reproduce is unlikely, making colonization impossible. This event also raises ethical concerns about contaminating other planets and the potential impact on the search for extraterrestrial life.
OpenAI has promised not to leave the EU, which has taken the lead in AI regulation with its proposed AI Act. OpenAI has also created a grant program to fund groups that could decide rules around AI, offering 10, $100,000 grants to groups willing to create “proof-of-concepts for a democratic process that could answer questions about what rules AI systems should follow.” However, there are ethical questions that OpenAI is incentivized to leave out of the conversation, particularly in how it decides to release the training data for its AI models.