In Defence of Sex Machines: Why Trying to Ban Sex Robots is Wrong
A recent campaign argues that a ban should be placed on the development of sex robots. While well-intentioned, it’s a shortsighted idea that fails to recognize the ways in which these technologies will help us explore new ideas of inclusivity, legality, and social change. “Ban sex robots!” scream the tech headlines, as if they’re heralding…
Gray Goo Scenarios and How to Avoid Them
The prospect of self-replicating nanobots devouring the Earth is a frightening one, indeed. But as Idea Couture foresight strategist Jayar LaFontaine explains, there are some practical things we can do to prevent such nightmares from happening. In a lecture delivered in 1948, mathematician John Von Neumann first described the potential for machines to build perfect…