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Tech Exec Speaks Truth About AI at COSM

When AI assistants were first released, AI companies faced a problem: people were hesitant. Read More ›
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At COSM, Sharing Information Is Key to Solving Tech Problems

Information is key to innovation, and a familiar question intelligent design asks is “Where does information come from?”  Read More ›
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Calm Down, the Universe as a Simulation Is Mathematically Impossible

The idea that information underlies the universe is compatible with the very intelligent design theory that Lawrence Krauss has opposed in the past. Read More ›
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Can Protein Design Outpace Directed Evolution in Recycling Plastic?

What is polyurethane and where is it used? It’s a type of plastic and it is pretty much everywhere: shoes, clothes, yoga mats, mattresses, couch cushions. Read More ›
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Edification vs. Enhancement — The Non-Transhumanist Vision of AI in Education

Edify your kids, don’t enhance them. We are organic beings, not gadgets to be improved with newer and better modules. Read More ›
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Cry Us a River: AI Chatbots May Be Killing Wikipedia

It’s not clear how this will impact a commonly heard criticism of Wikipedia — bias, very much including the subject of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Life as Computation: An AI Researcher’s (Unwitting) Argument for Intelligent Design

How many computer geniuses did it take in order to produce even a tiny fragment of this complexity? And how great must be the mind that designed all this! Read More ›
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John Searle (1932–2025): A Titan Passes

Searle’s most famous argument is undoubtedly the Chinese Room argument, first presented in his essay “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (1980). Read More ›
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An Intelligent Design Addendum to AI Horror in Connecticut

Once the AI determines your preferred viewpoint, it will tell you what the algorithm "thinks" that you want to hear. Read More ›
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In Connecticut, Horrors of AI Finally Come into View

A 56-year-old man, living with his mother in a wealthy New York suburb, developed a “friendship” with ChatGPT. Read More ›

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