#technology-ethics

The Emoji That Decides Whether Society Trusts You

How a Simple Digital Symbol Could Become the Interface for Reputation, Access, and Algorithmic Control

Why We Fall for Machines That Can’t Fall for Us

Millions of people are forming genuine emotional bonds with AI companions — and the research on what that’s doing to us is only just…

AI, Misinformation, and Societal Polarization: Safeguarding Democracy in 2026

As synthetic media becomes indistinguishable from reality and AI-driven “swarms” manufacture fake consensus, the world faces a critical…

Ever heard of “Model Collapse”, “Data Exhaustion”, or “Synthetic Data Feedback Loops”?

These are the names given to a phenomenon I’m surprised isn’t being discussed as much as it probably should. Or maybe it has, and I’ve just…

Sociopathic Intelligence: Anthropomorphism and Ethics of AI

In preparation for my upcoming talk at the 2026 AI for Good Summit, find out some more about ‘Sociopathic Intelligence’ and the ethical AI…

Grok’s Deepfake Problem Is an Engineering Ethics Failure

Recently, Reuters investigated Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, and its production of sexually explicit images of others without their…

The Saturday Mythos went away

I was trying to peel a daikon and couldn’t remember which direction to slice it for furofuki. This is the kind of thing I ask the model —…

When Students Boo the Future: AI, Graduate Precarity, and the Limits of Technological Optimism

At a recent University of Central Florida commencement ceremony, students booed when the speaker, Gloria Caulfield, compared artificial…

The Empire of AI: Profit Without Ethics, Power Without Soul

From OpenAI’s coup to Anthropic’s safety theater, the AI race reveals a world chasing profit without covenant — and a humanity that thinks…

Empire of AI: A Manifesto Against Digital Colonialism: With Teeth

From data centers to cult leaders — how AI became the funniest empire you’ll never vote for

Collaborative Sensing Networks: What is the trade-off of frictionless living?

You’re probably aware of the ‘Internet of Things’ — the various systems and objects within our physical lives that are equipped with…

Who Gets to Feed the Future: The Hidden Politics of Cultured Meat

It’s August 2013. In a London studio, a chef is frying a burger in front of a live television audience. This burger cost $250,000 and…

How to Tell What’s Real or Fake? The Importance of AI Watermarking

In 2024, a fake Joe Biden robocall told voters in New Hampshire to skip elections and save their vote for the general election that later…

AUTOMATED INFLUENCE SYSTEMS AND THE ECONOMICS OF PERSUASION

Perspectives from Arjuna Samarakoon and Cass Sunstein

The Cognitive Integrity Protocol (CIP)

AI doesn’t just assist decisions — it reshapes them. CIP defines where human autonomy should not be crossed.

The Elephant Graveyard, Outside the Light

Beyond the Borders of Human Dignity on X

AI and the Limits of Truth: Gödel’s Shadow in Machine Intelligence

Keith Kenemer & GPT5

The InnoEthics Shelf: Issue 1

Technology is Not Neutral: A short guide to technology ethics — Stephanie Hare

From Pets to AI: The Evolution of Human Coexistence

Born from a human–AI conversation, this essay traces the thoughts that unfolded between us. The full dialogue (in Chinese) can be found via…

InnoEthics: An AI Ethics 101

How will we unite globally against an existential threat?

Building upon my experience at the AFS Youth Assembly 2025 in New York to discuss the existential threats that AI and other emerging…

From Turing to Searle: can there ever be a reliable test for AI consciousness?

Professor Jonathan Birch discusses the ethical and social implications of AI consciousness.