Explain one argument for why AI may never be able to replicate a human being completely. Be sure to refer to information in the Required Learning Materials.

HU Dis

Barfield’s “Cyborgs and Enhancement Technology,” Rubin’s “Robotic Souls,” and Shanahan’s chapter, “Heaven or Hell,” please do the following:

Identify and describe three specific ways our current understanding of a human being can be called into question, complicated, or changed by technological advances. Be sure to refer to information in the Required Learning Materials for all of your answer.

Based on what you have learned from the readings, determine and explain your answer to the question: “Can machines be human?” What do you think and why?

Transhumanism

Arnhart, Larry. “Human Nature Is Here to Stay.” The New Atlantis, no. 2, 2003, pp. 65–78.

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Baumann, Fred. “Humanism and Transhumanism.” The New Atlantis, no. 29, 2010, pp. 68–84.

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Nick Bostrom. “Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?” The Philosophical Quarterly (1950-), vol. 53, no. 211, 2003, p. 243.

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Boyles, Robert James M. “A Case for Machine Ethics in Modeling Human-Level Intelligent Agents.” KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy, vol. 12, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 182–200.

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Rubin, Charles T. “Machine Morality and Human Responsibility.” The New Atlantis, no. 32, 2011, pp. 58–79.

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Mosco, Vincent. Becoming Digital: Toward a Post-Internet Society. Vol. 1st ed, Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.

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McCue, M., & Holmes, K. (2018). Myth and the Making of AI. Journal of Design and Science.

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Schulman, Ari N. “Why Minds Are Not Like Computers.” New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology & Society, vol. 23, Winter 2009, pp. 46–68.

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Cyborgs

Bailey, Ronald. “The Case for Enhancing People.” The New Atlantis, no. 32, 2011, pp. 16–38.

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Bertolotti, T.; Arfini, S.; Magnani, L. Of Cyborgs and Brutes: Technology-Inherited Violence and Ignorance. Philosophies 2017, 2, 1-14.

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Clark, Andy. Natural-Born Cyborgs : Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence. Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Schaik, Paul van, and Philip Barker. Electronic Performance Support : Using Digital Technology to Enhance Human Ability. Routledge, 2010.

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