This brings us to the second wave of modern eugenics, which differs from the first wave, most notably, with respect to its methodology. Whereas first-wave eugenicists strove to improve the “human stock” by altering society-wide patterns of …Henry Shevlin, Karina Vold, Matthew Crosby, and Marta Halina, 2019. “The limits of machine intelligence: Despite progress in machine intelligence, artificial general intelligence is still a major challenge,” EMBO Reports, volume 20, number …
Robert Sparrow
philosopher · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Robert Sparrow appears only as a passing reference in these course excerpts, cited in what seems to be a discussion of eugenics methodology and its relationship to technological intervention. The first excerpt suggests his work engages with distinctions between first-wave and second-wave eugenics approaches, likely exploring how contemporary genetic or algorithmic technologies represent a shift from population-level to individual-level control mechanisms. Without fuller context from the readings, it's difficult to specify his precise argumentative role, though his presence in discussions linking eugenics to modern technological systems suggests engagement with the ethics of algorithmic or biological optimization.
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