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Technological Evolution: Accidentally Demonstrating the Limits of Evolution

While economist Brian Arthur models the development of technology, he refers to it as the “evolution” of technology. Read More ›
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How microservices enhance application modularity
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Modularity: Insufficient for and Unexplained by Evolution

The fundamental problem with this analysis is that sexual reproduction does not make anything modular. Read More ›
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Sweeping Europe, a Pagan Religion Has Daggers Out for This Technology

A religion that sees humans as merely “an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet” would consider these unnecessary deaths hardly worth noticing. Read More ›
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High Confidence? Low Confidence? Six Criteria for Science Claims

To illustrate the difference between high and low confidence science, Rob Stadler shares a humbling story from his career in medical devices. Read More ›
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Good News: Young People Are Skeptical of AI — Even if Their Parents Aren’t

ChatGPT. Every student uses it to write papers. So goes the pervading fear, that is. Read More ›
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Will Humans Still Matter in an AI Economy?

Before Johannes Gutenberg’s invention, scribes painstakingly copied manuscripts by hand. Read More ›
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Against Anti-LLM and Anti-AI Absolutism

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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The Strongest Argument for Intelligent Design Is Also the Simplest

“Those are just the skulls,” I protested. “The outside of my 1980s PC looks pretty similar to the frame of my new HP computer." Read More ›
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COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›
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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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