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Ethics

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Ethics.

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Video playlists about Ethics

Curator's Picks: Top 10 TED Talks of 2017

The most notable talks of 2017, chosen by TED Curator Chris Anderson.

Alternate timelines of the future

What could be, may be with these talks exploring the implications of tech we're developing now.

Faith in the modern world

An exploration of faith’s place in our current, tumultuous times.

New tech, new ethics

With technical advancement comes great ethical responsibility. In these talks, amazing, life-altering feats of science make us ask: How could we mess this up?

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Talks about Ethics

Sarah Stroud and Michael Vazquez

Is safety worth the loss of privacy?

Max G. Levy

Can you transplant a head to another body?

Thomas Hofweber

Can AI predict someone's breakup?

Madison Mohns

AI and the paradox of self-replacing workers

Percy Liang

A new way to build AI, openly

Andrew Ng

AI isn't the problem — it's the solution

Phebe Vayanos

AI could increase equality — if we design it right

Rajeev Ronanki

For future AI, the prompt is you

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Liv Boeree

The dark side of competition in AI

Oleksandra Matviichuk

The ordinary people doing extraordinary things in Ukraine

Aisha Nyandoro

What does "wealth" mean to you?

Douglas MacLean

Ethical dilemma: What makes life worth living?

Peter Singer

A modern argument for the rights of animals

Nita Farahany

Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech

Azim Shariff

Does working hard really make you a good person?

J Mase III

3 money lessons from infamous scam artists

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Exclusive articles about Ethics

Opinion: Should we use gene editing to produce disease-free babies? A scientist who helped discover CRISPR weighs in.

Researchers recently reported that they were able to edit human embryos to fix a dangerous mutation. The technology is inching closer to reality, so we need to take a stand, says biochemist Jennifer Doudna.

Posted Aug 2017

The promising and perilous science of gene editing

A new technology that goes by the ungainly name of CRISPR-Cas9 could change the human genome for generations. Here's why its inventor is trying to press pause.

Posted Oct 2015

Need to know: About Facebook’s emotional contagion study

Ready to go beyond this week's headlines? 5 primary sources worth reading next -- about Facebook, research ethics, and data policy changes.

Posted Jul 2014

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