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“Neuroscientists still cannot agree on exactly what the brain is for.”

Moheb Costandi, molecular and developmental neurobiologist examines the age of big data in

“If we use AI well, then we will become much smarter as a human race”.

Sebastian Thrun, entrepreneur, educator, and computer scientist, answers questions about the ethical aspect

Merging fair capitalism, new technologies, and climate protection

Editor-in-chief Alexander Görlach predicts that the upcoming supertrend will be that will create

Three Dimensions of AI-Politik

Christoph Bieber, a Professor of Political Science, looks at changes that AI will

In times of disruptive change, predictions become less reliable

Thomas Ramge makes predictions about AI and technology's geopolitical impact for the new

“We learned how to shoot a gun better, but not if we should pull the trigger.”

An interview with Khalid Kadir, lecturer at UC Berkeley. We are presenting this

“Our human brains can no longer really process all of the data that we have about this world.”

Andrea Martin, Leader of IBM Watson IoT Center in Munich discusses augmented intelligence and

The working class rejects their association with the elites, who they no longer consider to be like themselves

Gene Grossman, Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics in the Department of Economics,

We lack a unified understanding of what ‘safe’ and ‘beneficial’ AI means

Paul Ostwald explores the two sides of AI's future: the potentials of a

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“Democracy has suffered as power concentrates and grants more influence to the rich and powerful over the democratic system”

Interview with Noam Chomsky, American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and

The purpose of computational statistics and intelligence: continually redirecting technological velocity to encourage education and stronger principles

Hugo Dunn unwraps the impact that technology has had on society and how

“Fixing discrimination in algorithms mirrors in many ways the difficulties of eliminating discrimination in any social system”

An interview with Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Neuroscientist, Philosopher and Geostrategist about artificial intelligence,

“Virtue ethics asks that in order to do good, you be good.”

An interview with Dr. Robin K. Hill, lecturer in Computer Science and affiliate

Welcome to the age of the platform nation

Samir Saran and Mihir Sharma discuss the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the breakdown

The Digital Madeleine

Roberto Simanowski reflects upon social media, the process by which we create and

Conditio Humana Soirée: “AI, ethics, & democracy in the 21st century”

On October 2, 2019 Conditio Humana warmly invited guests to discuss topics related

Democracy in the digital age: Representation and participation

Editor-in-chief Alexander Görlach reflects upon what the new challenges for democracy are in

“One should never decouple ideas from the network structures that propagate them.”

Interview with Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover

Thinking AI’s Voices: Gender and Identity

Aude Gouaux-Langlois and Belinda Sykora discuss the dimension and perception of voices and

Blockchain: Power for all or more power for a few?

Sven Wagenknecht raises questions about decentralization through the use of blockchain and the

The ethics of time

Alexander Görlach examines the possibility of an "ethics of time" and Jack Ma's

“With the Internet, everybody has more or less symmetrical connections”

Interview with Audrey Tang, civic hacker and member of Taiwan national development council's

Uniting the blockchain and journalism

Paul Ostwald examines the "death of journalism", why people have lost trust in

Opening up Pandora’s box: Algorithms and LGBT rights

Sarah Schlothauer examines how technology can be used to target minority groups, especially

Data mirrors reality

Natalie Beyer dispels some of the misconceptions about data science, data collection, and

“One of the learnings as a physicist is that an important part of the model is what is not part of the model”

Interview with Andreas Weigend, former Chief Scientist of Amazon.com, author of Data for

Technology cannot replace trust in institutions

"How do you get voters to trust institutions?" Paul Ostwald explores the outcome

The accidental cosmopolitanism of Facebook and the intellectual flaws behind Zuckerberg’s hope for a global community

Roberto Simanowski takes a closer look at the consequences of Facbook, social media

The Return of the Oracle as AI-Black Box

Roberto Simanowski discusses 'digital pantheism', the notion of AI and the 'black box

“We produced more data as a civilization in the last two years than in the prior 20,000”

An interview with Manuel Muñiz, Dean of the School of Global and Public Affairs at

Conditio Humana Soirée: “What is the human being?”

On June 20th, 2019, Conditio Humana warmly invited guests to discuss topics related

“Algorithms can find the weirdest correlations which they can use to influence your voting pattern”

An interview with Dr. Pieter Buteneers, Chatlayer CTO

The Memetic Hate Machine

Sarah Schlothauer explores the dangers of social media and viral content used to

“If we think of ourselves as someone who can actually make a difference, then there’s some motivation to change the world”

an interview with Dr. Pak-Hang Wong, philosopher of technology in the Research Group for Ethics

Society will come to some new understanding, new norms, and maybe even new technologies to help us move out of the current phase of distrust

An interview with Jeff Hancock, Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford

Unicorns and Whales: Power in the information age

Paul Ostwald unpacks what constitutes power in the new information age: the ownership

Who’s Afraid of AI?

An excerpt from Thomas Ramge's Who’s Afraid of AI? Fear and Promise in

“The only way to produce a new social contract is non-incremental. It is original, bold, controversial.”

An interview with Alec Ross, technology policy expert, innovator, and author

Can new technology save our humanity?

Jason Hsu highlights the good that blockchain technology has done for human rights,

Liberal democracy, empathy, & AI

Conditio Humana's editor-in-chief and Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Alexander Görlach discussed global ethics and

Taking decisions in a world of fake news, algorithms, and blurring narratives. The human factor in leadership 2.0

Jeremias Kettner addresses the complications with social media enabling self-constructed traps and the

“It’s not about writing some new code or a new piece of policy. Change also involves shifts in human behavior.”

Interview with Deb Roy, Associate Professor at MIT and director of Laboratory for

The life of others

Adina Popescu raises the important question of our time: "Who owns the future?"

Diversity for algorithms!

Wolfgang Gründinger unveils the problem of machine learning and biases and what we

Why progress yields altruism – even from egoists

Hubertus Bessau discusses egoism versus altruism, and why the two have the same

From heaven to earth: Changing perspectives of modern religion

Alexander Görlach delves into the future of religion and its cultural impact on

Prometheus and the last fire

Matteo Hu explains why even though fire is often seen as the representation

“How do democracies survive and thrive in an environment of unfettered free expression?”

Interview with Richard Gingras, Vice President of News at Google

The power of influence maps – An appeal to privacy and democratic legitimization

Jan-Felix Schneider talks about the power of indirect manipulation and influence maps.

Unconditional benefits

Clemens Lukitsch discusses whether universal basic income works.