Birch is a professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics and author of “The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI.” A stroke, a traumatic brain injury — ...
In 2016, in a Lyon hospital, a man shed a single tear. It took place under the scrutiny of an infrared camera set up to track any movement or action the 34-year-old made. Near-strangers would ...