Category: Computational Sciences | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
George Montañez

Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, arithmetic, artificial inteligence, attention, bigram model, Claude, Claude Shannon, coherence, comprehension, computer code, conversations, Data Processing Inequality, disinformation, embedding, English, fish, food, functional capability, games, generative AI systems, GPT-5, humans, incompleteness theorem, information theory, Kurt Gödel, large language models, mathematical reasoning, model collapse, music, numbers, pixels, poetry, processing, prompts, reasoning, René Magritte, semantics, statistical patterns, syntax, The Treachery of Images, tokens, vectors, video, William Shakespeare, word approximation, words}

Why AI Can’t Replace Us Functionally

_{George Montañez
February 25, 2026

Computational Sciences, Human Exceptionalism

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The map is not the territory. The symbol is not the thing. And the model is not the mind. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 31, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, baked salmon, ChatGPT, Chicago Tribune, complexity, computer assistance, Copilot, createdness, creativity, engineering, Gemini, Grok, humans, living systems, Nikolai Berdyaev, salmon, scientists}

AI Dependence Makes Us Dumber, but That’s Not the Worst Thing About It

_{David Klinghoffer
January 31, 2026

Computational Sciences, Human Exceptionalism

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I realized this when I found myself, not for the first time, asking Grok to remind me again how long to bake salmon at 400 degrees. Read More ›

Livestock, sustainable and herd of cattle on a farm in the countryside for eco friendly environment. Agriculture, animals and cows for meat, dairy or beef trade production industry in a grass field.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 22, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Tagged
, animal rights, animal suffering, animals, cats, cattle, Dogs, ethical issues, immorality, large language models, LLMs, meal planning, misanthropy, moral philosophers, Peter Singer, Princeton University, propaganda, robots, smart refrigerators, speciesism, steak}

“Moral Philosopher” Decries AI “Speciesism”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Ethics

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Speciesism is the misanthropic argument that treating an animal like an animal is an evil akin to racism. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
January 16, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Engineering
Tagged
, ADALINE, Adolf Hitler, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bell Labs, Bernard Widrow, Boeing, Claude Shannon, copper, copper plating, Earl Sannard Herald, electrical engineering, electroplating, English, Frank Rosenblatt, French, IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Medal, Japanese, Least Mean Squares, MADALINE, Marcian Hoff, National Academy of Engineering, Neural Networks, neurons, pennies, Science in Action, Seattle, silver nitrate, speech recognition, Stanford University}

Remembering Bernie Widrow, a Great Engineer and a Wise Scientist

_{Robert J. Marks II
January 16, 2026

Computational Sciences, Engineering

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Widrow called his learning machine a neural network because it was loosely based on the 1943 McCulloch-Pitts model of the biological neuron. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 8, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Science Education
Technology
Tagged
, [Un]Intentional, 1 Thessalonians, absolutism, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, Bible, Carl Rogers, ChatGPT, Christians, dopamine, Doug Smith, education, Edward Thorndike, Eighteenth Amendment, ELIZA program, Frederick Buechner, geography, history, Jacques Ellul, Jaime Escalante, Joseph Weizenbaum, Judeo-Christian tradition, large language models, Laurent Siklossy, liquor, Marshall McLuhan, math, mathematicians, Neil Postman, Open AI, Phillips Exeter Academy, programmed learning, Prohibition, Rogerian therapists, Sam Altman, software, St. Paul, Substack, technology, Turing test, William Jennings Bryan}

Against Anti-LLM and Anti-AI Absolutism

_{William A. Dembski
January 8, 2026

Computational Sciences, Science Education, Technology

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Doug Smith has been a software developer for three decades. He writes extensively about the impact of technology on culture. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 20, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, ambition, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computer, COSM 2025, Discovery Institute, hallucinations, Microsoft, numbers, OpenAI, pixels, Star Trek, technology, Terminator, words}

Tech Exec Speaks Truth About AI at COSM

_{Casey Luskin
November 20, 2025

Computational Sciences, Technology

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When AI assistants were first released, AI companies faced a problem: people were hesitant. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 20, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, academic freedom, Arizona, artificial inteligence, China, computer, COSM 2025, information, intelligent design, James Tour, memory, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, Soviet Union, technology, voltage}

At COSM, Sharing Information Is Key to Solving Tech Problems

_{Casey Luskin
November 20, 2025

Computational Sciences, Technology

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Information is key to innovation, and a familiar question intelligent design asks is “Where does information come from?” Read More ›

Face in a PCB printed circuit board, transhumanism, singularity, universe simulation hypothesis, AI artificial intelligence

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 19, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, eliminative materialism, ideas, information, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Lawrence Krauss, logical positivism, materialist atheism, Michelle Starr, philosophers, physics, Plato, Platonic forms, Skynet, Terminator, universe, University of British Columbia}

Calm Down, the Universe as a Simulation Is Mathematically Impossible

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 19, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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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 ›

Products from polyurethane on the exhibition stand. Industry

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
November 11, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, blind search, China, E. coli, engineering, enzymes, foresight, landfills, plastic, recycling, selection}

Can Protein Design Outpace Directed Evolution in Recycling Plastic?

_{Emily Reeves
November 11, 2025

Computational Sciences, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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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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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, baseball, Ben Carson, books, ChatGPT, chess, Conservation of Information, education, Jaime Escalante, learning, literacy, LLMs, parents, reading, teachers, technology, transhumanism, Wall Street Journal, Zoom}

Edification vs. Enhancement — The Non-Transhumanist Vision of AI in Education

_{William A. Dembski
October 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Technology

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Edify your kids, don’t enhance them. We are organic beings, not gadgets to be improved with newer and better modules. Read More ›