On Oct. 11 the Austrian newspaper DerStandard published my article on our technological future. It can be accessed here. The follow-up article where I answer questions posed by readers is accessible here.
Author: coeckelbergh
New paper: Can Machines Create Art?
As machines take over more tasks previously done by humans, artistic creation is also considered as a candidate to be automated. But, can machines create art?
New Paper in Philosophy & Technology: Can Machines Create Art? To be accessed open access here.
Picture source: folding3hr4j by ellenm1 via Flickr Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0).
Towards total automation? (Blog)
Towards total automation? Here’s my post on automation and the future of humans and machines (in German and English) on the Blog Zukunft & Philosophie by the Swiss Portal for Philosophy.
New Article in J Agric Environ Ethics
David Gunkel and I had the chance to reply to Michal Piekarski’s response to our article “Facing Animals” published previously in the same journal. The paper is available open access here.
Member of Editorial Advis. Board: JICES
I am happy to announce being a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society. It aims to promote thoughtful dialogue regarding the wider social and ethical issues related to the planning, development, implementation and use of new media and information and communication technologies (see link). Will keep you updated about Call for Papers.
new article in Human Studies
Coeckelbergh, M. and Reijers, W. 2016. Narrative Technologies: A Philosophical Investigation of the Narrative Capacities of Technologies by Using Ricoeur’s Narrative Theory. in: Human Studies. (online 2 March 2016, open access)
Vice-President/ President-Elect SPT
Elected Vice-President/President-Elect of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), to become President in 2017. Election result and profile on SPT webpage: http://www.spt.org/election-result/
CFP:Symposium Embodied Cognition, Acting, and Performance
Co-organising Symposium on Embodied Cognition, Acting and Performance at AISB 2016 with M Bishop et al Call for Papers deadline 15 Feb
https://embodcogperformance.wordpress.com/aisb-symposium-2016/
Mark Coeckelbergh 