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The Lab Philosopher

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A conversation with Jeantine Lunshof about the ethical implications of Xenobots.

I n the second part of our coverage of Xenobots — the world’s first living robots — we speak to Jeantine Lunshof, a philosopher who has been working closely with the research team led by Michael Levin and Josh Bongard to contemplate the implications of their ground-breaking discovery. Her unusual background, between philosophy, bioethics, medicine and science, raises interesting questions. How does a philosopher end up working on the forefront of innovations in bioengineering? What can scientists and philosophers learn from each other, and would the world benefit from more such unorthodox coll

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