Philosophy of Engineering and Artifacts in the Digital Era 2010

September 23, 2010

This year, the Romanian Society for Engineering, Philosophy and Technoetics (SRFIT) will host the PHEADE’10 (Philosophy of Engineering and Artifacts in the Digital Era – 2010) conference, which will be held in October 2010 in Suceava, Romania (26-28). The theme of PHEADE’10 is the Engineered Singularity. The conference will focus on the implications of humans and machines merging, the so-called Singularity, which means “the technological creation of smarter-than-human intelligence”. The Singularity is one of the most important areas nowadays, as it overpasses the classical digital divide, by introducing future new form of inequalities and problems related to human rights and the preservation of human identity. It is also related to the new debate on the status of the engineering sciences as being central to any human activity, in a future dominated by nanotechnology, robotics and genetic technologies. PHEADE’10 also intends to be a part of the worldwide celebration of 2010 UNESCO Philosophy Day in Romania.