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Stephen Cave is Academic Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and Co-Director of the Institute for Technology and Humanity, both at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on philosophy and ethics of technology, particularly AI, robotics and life-extension. He is the author of Immortality (Crown, 2012), a New Scientist book of the year, and Should You Choose To Live Forever: A Debate (with John Martin Fischer, Routledge, 2023); and co-editor of AI Narratives (OUP, 2020), Feminist AI (OUP, 2023) and Imagining AI (OUP, 2023). He writes widely about philosophy, technology and society, including for the Guardian and Atlantic. He also advises governments around the world, and has served as a British diplomat ...more

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	Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization 3.89 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines by Stephen Cave (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kanta Dihal (Editor), Sarah Dillon (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imagining AI: How the World Sees Intelligent Machines by Stephen Cave (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kanta Dihal (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data, and Intelligent Machines by Jude Browne (Editor), Stephen Cave (Goodreads Author), Eleanor Drage 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Should You Choose to Live Forever? by Stephen Cave (Goodreads Author), John Martin Fischer 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What (if anything) makes humans special?

Are we humans really as unique as we like to think? I consider the evidence in this books essay for the Financial Times - here.
I review two books claiming that we are not so special, and two claiming to have found exactly what makes us so different to other animals.
It turns out to be a question of perspective (there's not that much disagreement about the evidence - just what it means). But what s Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 25, 2014 00:21 • Tags: human-nature-evolution

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“If I had free will, I would choose to be funnier.”
― Stephen Cave

tags: free-will, humour, philosophy

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“The mass media of film, television, radio and internet have enabled a whole new degree of instant, global stardom for those of dubious talent. As a result, our society is drowning in a flood of celebrities, products of a fame industry of lavish scale.”
― Stephen Cave, Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization

tags: fame, idiots, influencers, media, stupidity, tiktok, youtubers

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“Death is meticulous in collecting every living thing sooner or later.”
― Stephen Cave, Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization

tags: cosmos, death, life, religion, universe, void

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