cover image - slide 1Technology is a fundamental resource for human development.

Technology is a fundamental resource for human development.

cover image - slide 2Technological change has intended and unintended consequences.

Technological change has intended and unintended consequences.

cover image - slide 3How should we control the development of technology?

How should we control the development of technology?

cover image - slide 4Technology must be harnessed for the good of humanity and the planet.

Technology must be harnessed for the good of humanity and the planet.

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Modern Indentured Servitude in the Gig Economy

July 31, 2022AUTHOR: Katina Michael
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Commentary, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

In the first six months of 2018, eight New York City yellow cab drivers, impacted by big tech disruption on the taxi industry, took their own lives. “I am not a Slave and I refuse to be one,” wrote one in his suicide note.

Human Flourishing, Servitude, and Why They Are Incompatible

July 17, 2022AUTHOR: Josiah Ober
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Commentary, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

Having a philosophical road map to what is required, might help those with skills to design intelligent machines that will enable and indeed promote human flourishing.

Against Modern Indentured Servitude (“I’m Spartacus”)

July 12, 2022AUTHOR: Jeremy Pitt
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

The term “modern indentured servitude” did not originate with this workshop, but we hope that this special issue has highlighted many of the different shapes and processes it can take, some more insidious than others. We would like to think that, if each paper could talk, they would get up one after the other and say, “No, I’m Spartacus.” In these dark times, each of us needs the courage to be Spartacus.

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August 4, 2022AUTHOR: Joe Herkert
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