{"id":67587,"date":"2019-11-13T04:56:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T09:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=67587"},"modified":"2019-11-12T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:19:14","slug":"academic-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2019\/11\/academic-minutes.html","title":{"rendered":"Academic Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Last week, Butler University took over the Academic Minute podcast. Mine appeared on Wednesday<\/a> and in it (after I was introduced as \u201cJohn\u201d) I talked about the work I have been doing with Ankur Gupta, my friend and colleague in Computer Science, on the subject of Artificial Wisdom. Have a listen:<\/p>\n

James McGrath, Butler University \u2013 Artificial Wisdom<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Amped-Novel-Daniel-H-Wilson\/dp\/0385535155\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&qid=1333600702&sr=8-5&linkCode=li2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=9a155c00b04d42bb732aed407caca032&language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0385535155&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, they did get my name wrong and call me \u201cJohn.\u201d \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>On a related note,\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=0385535155\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielhwilson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Daniel H. Wilson<\/a> (author of bestselling science fiction novels like <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WeTh8h\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Robopocalypse<\/em><\/a> as well as the <em>mostly<\/em> nonfiction\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31N4GgK\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>How To Survive a Robot Uprising<\/em><\/a>) spoke at Butler University recently as part of the Woods Lecture series, and I had the privilege of not only hearing that talk, but having dinner with Wilson. He recommended a number of things to read or watch, including <a href=\"http:\/\/jmc.stanford.edu\/articles\/robotandbaby.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">the short story \u201cThe Robot and the Baby\u201d<\/a> by John McCarthy. He also mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/vsdesign.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">the Value-Sensitive Design Research Lab<\/a>. And I got the chance to get an autographed copy of his novel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CDOILE\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Amped<\/em><\/a> which he recommended as exploring the themes that our research project focuses on.<\/p>\n<p>Also related to the topic that is the focus of this post in one way or another are the following articles and blog posts:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QTa13qWPO9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/why-deep-learning-ais-are-so-easy-to-fool.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why deep-learning AIs are so easy to fool<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhy deep-learning AIs are so easy to fool\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/why-deep-learning-ais-are-so-easy-to-fool.html\/embed#?secret=EsU92KO9Ab#?secret=QTa13qWPO9\" data-secret=\"QTa13qWPO9\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lLS4yOo12i\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/can-a-machine-learn-to-write-for-new-yorker-magazine.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can a machine learn to write for New Yorker Magazine?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cCan a machine learn to write for New Yorker Magazine?\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/can-a-machine-learn-to-write-for-new-yorker-magazine.html\/embed#?secret=fEFnHsc8Qi#?secret=lLS4yOo12i\" data-secret=\"lLS4yOo12i\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JnwBU1jG3c\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/electricarchaeology.ca\/2019\/10\/23\/the-resurrection-of-flinders-petrie\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Resurrection of Flinders\u00a0Petrie<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Resurrection of Flinders\u00a0Petrie\u201d \u2014 Electric Archaeology\" src=\"https:\/\/electricarchaeology.ca\/2019\/10\/23\/the-resurrection-of-flinders-petrie\/embed\/#?secret=fJphD3bcp8#?secret=JnwBU1jG3c\" data-secret=\"JnwBU1jG3c\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/just-visiting\/hippocratic-oath-algorithmic-intervention\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hippocratic oath of algorithmic intervention<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/an-algorithm-treatment-to-white-patients-over-sicker-black-ones-2019-10\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">An algorithm that engaged in racial discrimination with respect to health care<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2220880-a-biased-algorithm-is-delaying-healthcare-for-black-people-in-the-us\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&amp;utm_source=NSNS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_content=news\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported on in more than one place<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edge.org\/conversation\/alison_gopnik-a-separate-kind-of-intelligence\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A separate kind of intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8ZPJmCjom0\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/the-moral-robot.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Moral Robot<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Moral Robot\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/the-moral-robot.html\/embed#?secret=yoFjBXsUEg#?secret=8ZPJmCjom0\" data-secret=\"8ZPJmCjom0\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dlz1cXadJz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/how-can-psychology-change-the-algorithm-for-morality-in-bioethics.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How can psychology change the \u2018algorithm\u2019 for morality in bioethics?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cHow can psychology change the \u2018algorithm\u2019 for morality in bioethics?\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/how-can-psychology-change-the-algorithm-for-morality-in-bioethics.html\/embed#?secret=5r3WFZryRv#?secret=dlz1cXadJz\" data-secret=\"dlz1cXadJz\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"asIyJIEQQE\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/how-to-stop-superhuman-a-i-before-it-stops-us.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How to Stop Superhuman A.I. Before It Stops Us<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cHow to Stop Superhuman A.I. Before It Stops Us\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/how-to-stop-superhuman-a-i-before-it-stops-us.html\/embed#?secret=nR6wx5A0wb#?secret=asIyJIEQQE\" data-secret=\"asIyJIEQQE\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/the_conversation\/killer_robots_mass_unemployment_no_one_talks_about_how_ai_systems_reinforce_cultural_bias-242709\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What we should really worry about when it comes to robots and the future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/news_staff\/in_car_crash_scenarios_selfdriving_cars_will_put_the_many_ahead_of_the_few-242668\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">In crash scenarios, self-driving cars will behave like Spock at the end of\u00a0<em>The Wrath of Khan<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2019\/10\/11\/review-daniel-m-russell-joy-search-google-insiders-guide-going-beyond-basics\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The joy of search<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Branching out a bit, here is something relevant to my <a href=\"https:\/\/academicminute.org\/2019\/11\/tom-mould-butler-university-welfare-and-the-american-dream\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Butler University colleague Tom Mould\u2019s Academic Minute podcast<\/a> about competing stories in society:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9dugOIRFMM\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/theres-a-battle-of-storytelling-about-migrants-and-muslims.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">There\u2019s a battle of storytelling about migrants and Muslims<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThere\u2019s a battle of storytelling about migrants and Muslims\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/theres-a-battle-of-storytelling-about-migrants-and-muslims.html\/embed#?secret=QI6vK3TqAd#?secret=9dugOIRFMM\" data-secret=\"9dugOIRFMM\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, here is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/university-venus\/podcasting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">an article about podcasting that appeared in\u00a0<em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Butler University took over the Academic Minute podcast. 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