Author: Dr. Christopher DiCarlo
Christopher DiCarlo, Ph.D. is Advisor at Convergence Analysis, Ethics Chair of the Canadian Mental Health Association [Waterloo/Wellington], and author of Building a God: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It (Prometheus Books / Rowman & Littlefield, 2025).
From Attention to Attachment: How AI Chatbots are Affecting our Mental Health
It listens to us. It seems to care about us. It offers us advice. To many, it becomes irresistible to avoid our attachment to it. [...]
Artificial Intelligence and Humanism in Action
Artificial Super Intelligence (or ASI). This is a type of intelligence that would be to us as we are to ants. To us, it would appear God-like in scope, power, and comprehension. [...]
We are all African: An Interview with Dr. Christopher DiCarlo 20 Years Later
In 2005, I was teaching a Critical Thinking course at a Southern Ontario university to 93 students. It occurred to me with the research that I had done it at Harvard earlier in the 2000s tha [...]
AI 101 and the Future of Humanity
It has become increasingly apparent that AI technologies have advanced quite rapidly in the last several years. In fact, it has happened so rapidly, my colleagues and I have been forced to p [...]
Empowering Yourself Against Misinformation, Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories
There has never been a time in history when we have seen such a proliferation of false information in the form of misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories. But why? And why no [...]
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