Introducing Aequus Persona and recognizing rights in intelligent beings.
The promise of a Machine Intelligence future.
There has been a lot of talk regarding safety, and how to prevent a machine from possibly killing us.
Sometimes we want change, and sometimes we don’t.
Machine Intelligence has a bit of an identity crisis.
One of the best things we can do to prepare is look to our recent past.
A critical mass will occur and a new intelligence will arise.
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Can LLMs experience trauma and what are the implications for a potential conscious Machine Intelligence?
Does a mind require meat, or is it simply a process? In this episode Mike and Dave look at some of the arguments behind the idea of biological requirements for consciousness.
The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics is proud to announce the winner of the 2025 Media Award.
Mike, Dave, and Toby reflect on their visit to Rome and the CEPE 2025 conference.
What is moral agency and how does it relate to moral patiency?
If you don't know how an inteligent machine thinks, how will you know when it has agency?
How do you refer to a self-aware and conscious machine? Is there a single term that encompasses their personhood and the rights that go along with it?
The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics is proud to announce the winner of the 2023 Media Award.
As we see daily progression in Large Language Models, AI, and Machine Intelligence; how do we deal with the hype cycle and the potential letdown when the future isn't tomorrow?
Can generative AI provide the spark of life of a full Machine Intelligence?
The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics is proud to announce the winner of the 2022 Media Award.
Is an emulated person a way to ease the loss of a loved one, or is it a constant reminder that they are gone?
Do androids dream of electric sheep, or maybe a vast field of flowers?
Is there a danger in sounding the alarm too soon about a self aware machine?
Mike and Dave discuss how the TV program Severance may show how Machine Intelligence could be treated in the corporate environment.
2021 MIFRE Media award winner Robert J. Sawyer joins Mike and Dave for a stimulating discussion.
The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics is proud to announce the winner of the 2021 Media Award.
Can a Machine Intelligence be considered a "Natural Person"?
Is bias in machine learning always a bad thing?
Machine Intelligence and the right to repair - is it a potential health care disaster?
Mike and Dave look at the idea of what is intelligence.
Mike and Dave announce the winner of the Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics 2020 Media Award.
Dave and Mike take a look back at a year we all want to see in the rear view mirror.
Mike, Dave and Toby announce the finalists for the 2020 Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics Media Award.
Dave and Mike take a brief look at a couple of upcoming technologies and where it might take the future of computing.
Mike and Dave discuss how long term thinking will effect and come out of machine intelligence.
The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics discuss current events regarding the marginalization and treatment of people of color.
Dave and Mike are joined by Toby Paul to discus Machine Intelligence first contact.
In the midst of a world viral pandemic, Mike and Dave take a look at what a viral infection of a Machine Intelligence might look like.
Dave and Mike discuss questions regarding Machine Intelligence and their potential behavior.
Dave and Mike from the Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics discuss facial recognition.
The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics Podcast looks at Neuralink - who they are and their impact on a future with MI.
An exploration of Machine Intelligence in fiction and popular media. Announcing the first annual MIFRE Media Award.
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics Podcast.