robot Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 26, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , adrenaline, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, computer science, DNA, emotions, engineers, feelings, free will, Google, human cells, imagination, Isaac Asimov, LaMDA, Language Model for Dialogue Applications, life, love, machines, materialists, René Descartes, self-awareness, sentience, software, soul, Stanford University, toaster, Washington Post, William Hurlbut Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human” Wesley J. Smith June 26, 2022 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind 7 A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›
Macaca fascicularis Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 17, 2021 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , babies, bioethicists, China, embryos, fertilization, genetic engineering, government funding, humans, hybrids, monkeys, Nature (journal), scientists, Stanford University, William Hurlbut Scientists Make Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryos Wesley J. Smith April 17, 2021 Bioethics 3 They said they wouldn’t do it, but of course they did. Scientists working in China — where else? — have constructed embryos that are part human and part monkey. Read More ›
crying baby Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 16, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __edited, abortion, embryos, fertility, gestational carriers, Mexico, npr, petri dish, pregnancy, quality control, Stanford University, United States, William Hurlbut Big Fertility Is Fast Becoming a Moral Hazard Wesley J. Smith January 16, 2020 Bioethics, Medicine 3 This “experiment” was very wrong on at least four fronts. First, it created human life for the purpose of experimenting upon it. Read More ›
Brave New World 2 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 23, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsEnvironment & Climate Tagged , __edited, Africa, Aldous Huxley, atomic energy, bioethicists, biotechnology, Brave New World, China, Congress, Food and Drug Administration, genetic engineering, genome editing, germ line, human experimentation, Journal of the American Medical Association, media, medicine, scientists, social media, Stanford University, William Hurlbut Slouching Toward a “Brave New World” Wesley J. Smith July 23, 2019 Bioethics, Environment & Climate 4 Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth. Read More ›
Genetic Engineering Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 30, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineTechnology Tagged , __k-review, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, Center for Bioethics and Culture, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Jennifer Lahl, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering Wesley J. Smith May 30, 2019 Bioethics, Medicine, Technology 4 Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 12, 2019 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, biotechnology, China, Mark Twain, MIT Technology Review, monkeys, Pandora’s box, scientists, University of Colorado, William Hurlbut China Genetically Engineering Monkeys to Be More Human Wesley J. Smith April 12, 2019 Bioethics 3 Swell. A few years ago we were promised experiments that would effect the brain would never be done in mice. They were right. Read More ›
