Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date August 2, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , __edited, __tedited, artificial intelligence, autonomy, biases, computational power, computer programming, human exceptionalism Artificial Intelligence and Its Limits Brendan Dixon August 2, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 7 AI is neither the emergence of another intelligence, nor one we should allow to wander on its own without human oversight. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date June 17, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesFaith & Science Tagged , __tedited, atheism, creation myth, creationism, irony, just-so stories, moral responsibility, simulation theory, Singularity When Atheists Meet Creationism, You Get Creatheism Brendan Dixon June 17, 2016 Computational Sciences, Faith & Science 3 It is not a word that rolls easily off the tongue. But I am at a loss for one that better describes the atheists Daniel Jackson describes. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date June 7, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , __tedited, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, computational power, expertise, human intelligence, human mind, intelligence, machine intelligence, meaninglessness, Overruling Intelligence, Watson Watson’s Goof — What We Should Really Fear from AI Brendan Dixon June 7, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 8 It was a telling response, revealing the idiot inside the savant. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date May 20, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, brain processes, computational reductionism, human intelligence, human mind, hype, machine metaphor, meat machines, mimicry, Overruling Intelligence No, Your Brain Isn’t a Three-Pound Meat Computer Brendan Dixon May 20, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 5 AI machines are more a form of mimicry than anything even approaching intelligence. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date April 21, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, AI, anti-human exceptionalism, computer simulations, deep learning, Elon Musk, Futurism, Go (game), heuristic, human intelligence, Internet, machine learning, Michio Kaku, Neural Networks, self-awareness, sentience, Stephen Hawking, superintelligence How Likely Is a "Terminator" Future? Brendan Dixon April 21, 2016 Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design 6 Celebrity scientist Michio Kaku is the latest to throw his support behind the "Terminator is coming" mantra. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date April 3, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Science More on "Intelligent Design Without a Designer" Brendan Dixon April 3, 2016 Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 A reader, Eric, writes to ask about my post "Nature 'Learns' to Create Complexity? Think Again." Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date March 28, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Science, Views Nature “Learns” to Create Complexity? Think Again Brendan Dixon March 28, 2016 Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 An article in the print edition of New Scientist is titled provocatively: "Intelligent design without a designer." Read More ›
