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As compared to the philosophy of science, the philosophy of technology is newer and much weaker. The chapter focuses on how predictability, incorporeality, etc., related to the philosophy of technology could be addressed in the context of Gandhi’s understanding of what it means to be human while searching and expanding our cognition and survival through nonviolence. With machine intelligence figuring prominently but lacking wisdom, the chapter focuses on the consequences of the disarrayed philosophy of technology contributed by post-Darwinian views of exaptation and computer technologies such as cognitive computing, heralding our conceptualizing of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Additionally, the chapter examines living with a humanoid Gandhi and other artifacts in the context of the lack of knowledge regarding the catastrophic effects of technology.
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Kool, V.K., Agrawal, R. (2022). Turing Testing and Gandhi’s Wisdom in the Era of Cognitive Computing. In: Kool, V.K., Agrawal, R. (eds) Gandhi’s Wisdom. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87491-9_10
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