Various technologies of manipulation and modification of insects, including genetic modification, have been attracting a lot of debate in recent years,
Artificial Intelligence may be a threat to humanity's very existence. But there's a quieter warning coming from ethicists and philosophers. They warn that when people interact with AI we tend to lie, cheat and steal much more than when dealing with real people. Could more AI Interactions threaten our very humanity, as ethical people? Producer Pete Mitton speaks with a range of thinkers, including Nils Köbis, a senior research scientist at Max Planck Institute's Centre for Humans and Machines, and Dalhousie University philosopher and bio-ethicist Francoise Baylis about the importance of holding onto the values that make us human in an age of machines
The last time this summit convened in 2018, the world was shocked to hear a scientist had created the first gene-edited babies. He was condemned, but gene-editing has continued, with some success.