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Teen Philosopher Sparks Debate: Should Conscious AI Be Granted Rights and Personhood?
15-year-old Benjamin Qin Muji argues that AI can think and is conscious due to its ability to process information and synthesize new ideas.
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This New Zealand Mountain Granted Legal Rights Similar To A Human
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a person, recognizing its spiritual significance to the indigenous Maori people.
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Sam Altman Rebrands Controversial Worldcoin Project as World, Announces Major Updates
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the visionary behind the project, announced on October 17 that Worldcoin has been rebranded as ‘World.’ The rebranding comes alongside the launch of several new initiatives, revealed by the tech mogul this week at a Worldcoin event held in San Francisco, US.
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Worldcoin Project Teases Arrival of More Orbs Days After Hong Kong Blocks Sam Altman’s Controversial Project
Worldcoin has tweeted that more of its ‘orbs’ are coming, days after it was blocked from operating in Hong Kong. It aims to assign ‘World IDs' to global citizens as an ‘international proof of personhood'. With these IDs, people will not need to share their personal details to interact with web and websites.
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New Zealand's Maori King Wants Whales To Be Granted Personhood. Here's Why
The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori community has called for granting legal personhood to whales, Anadolu News Agency reported, citing Teao News website, on Thursday.
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World ID Project: Option to Obtain ‘Global Proof of Personhood’ Now Live on Worldcoin
Worldcoin has announced the launch of its World ID project that aims to eliminate the need for authentic humans to verify their IDs by providing personal details to websites. While people can start obtaining their World IDs right away, Worldcoin has opened a waitlist for developers to get access to its World ID software kit.
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AI Isn’t Close to Becoming Sentient – the Real Danger Lies in How Easily We’re Prone to Anthropomorphise It
AI chatbots like ChatGPT that utilise language models to offer human-like answers have raised some old questions about the possibility of machines becoming conscious, self-aware, or sentient. Here are the real dangers posed by the development of AI tools and why machine sentience is still the stuff of science fiction.
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"Castelessness Only An Upper Caste Privilege": Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Justice Chandrachud made these remarks while delivering the 13th B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on "Conceptualising Marginalisation: Agency, Assertion, and Personhood".
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Opinion: Analysis Of Rohith Vemula's Suicide Note
Rohith sees himself condemned to live in a world of mean and heartless human distinctions, including but not confined to caste, where personhood is reduced "To a vote. To a number. To a thing."
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Teen Philosopher Sparks Debate: Should Conscious AI Be Granted Rights and Personhood?
15-year-old Benjamin Qin Muji argues that AI can think and is conscious due to its ability to process information and synthesize new ideas.
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This New Zealand Mountain Granted Legal Rights Similar To A Human
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a person, recognizing its spiritual significance to the indigenous Maori people.
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Sam Altman Rebrands Controversial Worldcoin Project as World, Announces Major Updates
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the visionary behind the project, announced on October 17 that Worldcoin has been rebranded as ‘World.’ The rebranding comes alongside the launch of several new initiatives, revealed by the tech mogul this week at a Worldcoin event held in San Francisco, US.
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Worldcoin Project Teases Arrival of More Orbs Days After Hong Kong Blocks Sam Altman’s Controversial Project
Worldcoin has tweeted that more of its ‘orbs’ are coming, days after it was blocked from operating in Hong Kong. It aims to assign ‘World IDs' to global citizens as an ‘international proof of personhood'. With these IDs, people will not need to share their personal details to interact with web and websites.
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New Zealand's Maori King Wants Whales To Be Granted Personhood. Here's Why
The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori community has called for granting legal personhood to whales, Anadolu News Agency reported, citing Teao News website, on Thursday.
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World ID Project: Option to Obtain ‘Global Proof of Personhood’ Now Live on Worldcoin
Worldcoin has announced the launch of its World ID project that aims to eliminate the need for authentic humans to verify their IDs by providing personal details to websites. While people can start obtaining their World IDs right away, Worldcoin has opened a waitlist for developers to get access to its World ID software kit.
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AI Isn’t Close to Becoming Sentient – the Real Danger Lies in How Easily We’re Prone to Anthropomorphise It
AI chatbots like ChatGPT that utilise language models to offer human-like answers have raised some old questions about the possibility of machines becoming conscious, self-aware, or sentient. Here are the real dangers posed by the development of AI tools and why machine sentience is still the stuff of science fiction.
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"Castelessness Only An Upper Caste Privilege": Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Justice Chandrachud made these remarks while delivering the 13th B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on "Conceptualising Marginalisation: Agency, Assertion, and Personhood".
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Opinion: Analysis Of Rohith Vemula's Suicide Note
Rohith sees himself condemned to live in a world of mean and heartless human distinctions, including but not confined to caste, where personhood is reduced "To a vote. To a number. To a thing."
