Editor's welcome
David Warden Editor Welcome to the March edition of Humanistically Speaking. Our theme this month is Artificial Intelligence and Robots....
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News
Feb 28, 20231 min
Humanist to lead university chaplaincy
Humanistically Speaking sends warm congratulations to James Frey Croft on his appointment as University Chaplain and Lead Faith Advisor...
David Warden
Feb 28, 20233 min
Emails to the editor
From Eric Hayman In your 'Editor's welcome' last month, you wrote 'Human rights are a core element in humanist thinking, stemming from...
News
Feb 28, 20232 min
Anime and Salvador Dali originals created at Windsor Humanists
Report by Anthony Lewis, Chair of Windsor Humanists In February, Windsor Humanists had an excellent talk from John Barron, a retired...
Maggie Hall
Feb 28, 20235 min
Artificial Intelligence - should we be worried?
By Maggie Hall, former Chair of Brighton Humanists Maggie Hall looks at a few pros and cons regarding AI and wonders to what extent we...
Paul Ewans
Feb 28, 20235 min
Ethical Androids: Can we teach robots to be moral?
Will androids eventually become moral agents, capable of acting both ethically and unethically?
Aaron the Humanist
Feb 28, 20236 min
The Final Frontier: Talking machines and evil cyborgs
By Aaron the Humanist Aaron has been a Star Trek and Sci-Fi fan since he was in single digits and he has often referenced Star Trek as...
David Warden
Feb 28, 20235 min
What next for humans in an age of machines?
Report by David Warden, based on talks by Kate Devlin to Dorset Humanists and Humanists UK Dr Kate Devlin is Reader in Artificial...
Lynda Tilley
Feb 28, 20234 min
Death by Drone in Africa: A dystopian future awaits us if we're not vigilant
Drones in the hands of Terrorists threaten yet more death and destruction across Africa, are we already too late to prevent this ?
Mike Flood
Feb 28, 20234 min
Humanistic AI? You'll be lucky!
By Mike Flood Chair of Milton Keynes Humanists and the Future of Humanism Group In this article, Mike explores the worrying appropriation...
danceydaniel
Feb 28, 202315 min
Conversations with a Computer
By Daniel Dancey, treasurer of Dorset Humanists and a software engineer In this article, Daniel teams up with ChatGPT to explore some of...
Anthony Lewis
Feb 28, 202314 min
Don’t pAnIc - AI will save us all
AI is already all around us and could help us solve the mystery of consciousness. It might even save us from ourselves.
John Coss
Feb 28, 20238 min
Alan Turing (Part I - his life and achievements)
By John Coss, Vice Chair of Stockport Humanists Continuing our series of profiles of humanists who are not as widely known as they should...