The Structure of Technology
Many recognize that our culture is dominated by technology, but few have studied the structure of technology and its place…
Resource Type: Journal Article
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About [Book Review]
One-page commentary on Knuth's lectures. Disappointed that so much time was spent talking about the 3:16 project. Notes that Knuth…
The Theology of Robots
A provocative informal talk that seems less speculative today than when it was written on whether robots might come to…
The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work
Cryptography rearranges power: it configures who can do what, from what. This makes cryptography an inherently political tool, and it…
Will Biological Computers Enable Artificially Intelligent Machines to Become Persons?
What does emerging biologically-based deterministic computing say about free will and about human uniqueness? We are not unique because of…
Village Life in the Technology Age
To modify an aphorism, it takes a village to put current technology into a high school program. Staff, coordinators, aids,…
Vedic Computation: Redefining Computer Science in the Light of Maharishi Vedic Science
Computer science has a unique and important role in today’s world. With its powerful synthesis of new tools and mechanisms…
Virtue and Artificial Intelligence
Two questions concerning artificial intelligence (AI) and virtue are explored. The first question is whether AI is capable of virtue,…
Initial Considerations for Islamic Digital Ethics.
Recent literature on Islam and the digital covers a wide range of topics and themes; however, what is yet to…
Autonomous Driving and Public Reason: a Rawlsian Approach.
In this paper, we argue that solutions to normative challenges associated with autonomous driving, such as real-world trolley cases or…
Sola tweetura: Digital Fundamentalism and the Virtual Scriptures.
Many dangers of social media are typically framed with images and concepts assuming or employing the paradigm of addiction. The…
Islamic Guidance and Artificial Intelligence: An Epistemological Perspective.
The application of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of large language models (LLMs) like Deep Seek and ChatGPT…
The New Grey Power.
The author reflects on the grey power in every society. Topics discussed include European societies, complex interactions between mercantilism, colonialism…
Machines and the Moral Community.
A key distinction in ethics is between members and nonmembers of the moral community. Over time, our notion of this…
Our Post-modern Vanity: the Cult of Efficiency and the Regress to the Boundary of the Animal World.
This essay argues that through a new and radical relationship with digital technologies that are oriented towards networking and automaticity,…