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Is the philosophy of technology overburdened today?
| Resumo: | [Excerpt] Introduction: The philosophy of technology faces great challenges. Over the last hundred years, numerous philosophers of technol-ogy have argued that rapid technological advances threaten to bring about the opposite of what they strive to achieve: the death of the human species, instead of an increase in prosperity and liv-ing standards. This alarmist trend is not limited to one area but affects several areas. Although for different reasons, at least five main areas come into consideration here, namely: environmental destruction, the production of nuclear, biological, and chemical wear ons with increasing destructive potential, the digitalization of the world, artificial intelligence, and human engineering. Not all alarmist arguments can be included in the framework of technophobia vs. technophilia, since alarmists are not necessarily technophobes. [...] |
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| Autores principais: | Sylla, Bernhard |
| Assunto: | Technology Existential threats |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | [Excerpt] Introduction: The philosophy of technology faces great challenges. Over the last hundred years, numerous philosophers of technol-ogy have argued that rapid technological advances threaten to bring about the opposite of what they strive to achieve: the death of the human species, instead of an increase in prosperity and liv-ing standards. This alarmist trend is not limited to one area but affects several areas. Although for different reasons, at least five main areas come into consideration here, namely: environmental destruction, the production of nuclear, biological, and chemical wear ons with increasing destructive potential, the digitalization of the world, artificial intelligence, and human engineering. Not all alarmist arguments can be included in the framework of technophobia vs. technophilia, since alarmists are not necessarily technophobes. [...] |
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