Tag: artificial intelligence

Girl student freelancer working with laptop at home by the window, education and remote work, programmer, online business

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 12, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Science Education
Tagged
, academic year, adults, artificial intelligence, chatbots, ChatGPT, Chicago Tribune, Claude, Cleveland, creative power, creativity, Energy, Gemini, Grok, guardrails, habits, images, intellect, Kamar Samuels, learning, New York City, parents, relationships, school districts, schools, Sherry Turkle, students, teachers, technology, text, videos}

How Much Should Students Use AI? Preferably Not at All

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 12, 2026

Computational Sciences, Science Education

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New York City recently announced a moratorium on AI use in K-12 classes for the 2026-2027 school year. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academics, Amazon, Amazon Prime, artificial intelligence, Barnes and Noble, Baylor University, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, centerpiece, Christianity Today, Designer Science, Duke University, e-book, Edward J. Larson, evolution, Francis Beckwith, hardback, intelligent design, linchpin, Michael Behe, NYU Press, PhD, publishing, Ronald Numbers, scientists, Wall Street Journal, Winsomeness Squad}

Scholarship Hits the Fan: Designer Science Now Gone from Multiple Sites

_{David Klinghoffer
August 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The lack of scrutiny and skepticism by professional academics reflects a crisis of its own. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Mathematics
Tagged
, Ada Lovelace, Analytical Engine, artificial intelligence, cancer, Charles Babbage, chatbots, Difference Engine, ELIZA, George Byron, imagination, Joseph Weizenbaum, Luigi Menabrea, mechanical computer, Mechanical Turk, MIT, poetry, technology, thinking machines}

Ada Lovelace: A Poetic Approach to Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Mathematics

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Today, I want to share a few insights from another notable figure in the history of computing and artificial intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 10, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, bacteria, biotech, chatbots, ChatGPT, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, complacency, drug-resistant bacteria, human viruses, Peter Koo, poisons, Science (journal), Stanford University, technology, virus, Wall Street Journal, World Health Organization}

Hey, Great News! Scientists Used AI to Create Viruses

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 10, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Medicine

3}

What about attempts to test their virulence in humans? The approach in the Stanford lab sure sounds like a new form of gain-of-function research to me. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
July 31, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Linguistics
Tagged
, 404 Media, AI slop, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, books, bots, creativity, Frank Landymore, Futurism, ISBNdb, language, large language models, lawsuits, literature, pirating, rare books, technology, Ted Gioia, writing}

Gutting Old Books to Feed AI: What Could Go Wrong?

_{Peter Biles
July 31, 2026

Computational Sciences, Linguistics

2}

The question is: Who wins? Maybe we should start buying up all the old books before the bots get to them. Read More ›

Reading hobby learning animal curious monkey book

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithm, artificial intelligence, atheism, blind processes, chemistry, Darwinism, ID the Future, illusion, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, materialism, physics, programmers, reason, Rebekah Valerius, statistical patterns, syntax, technology, truth}

Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

If our minds are the product of a blind and aimless process, what reason do we have to believe what we think? Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, artificial intelligence, biography, C. S. Lewis, chatbots, Discovery Institute Press, editing, English authors, literature, magic, science, scientism, The Abolition of Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician’s Twin}

Who Coined the Phrase “the Magician’s Twin”? The Pitfalls of Relying on AI for Your Facts

_{John G. West
July 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science

3}

Many of the chatbots have told me that C. S. Lewis coined the phrase. (Wrong.) When pressed, at least one chatbot insisted it was English author A. N. Wilson. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon Prime, artificial intelligence, atheists, beauty, Canada, car crash, Catholic Herald, certainty, Christians, DNA, documentary, double helix, earth, faith and science, Francis Crick, Great Britain, human beings, Iain McGilchrist, intelligent design, James Watson, Mexico, Peter Stanford, Pope Leo XIV, psychiatrists, religion, scientists, Spain, survival, The Story of Everything, The Telegraph, United Kingdom, United States}

An Unusual Story of Everything Review from the UK

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

Senior features writer Peter Stanford at The Telegraph seems excited about the documentary almost despite himself. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 16, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Tagged
, accelerationism, Alex Williams, artificial intelligence, death, Elon Musk, Grokipedia, human beings, human exceptionalism, human life, machines, Monash University, Netscape, Nick Land, Nick Srnicek, philosophy, Ray Kurzweil, Silicon Valley, Singularity, superintelligence, tech entrepreneurs, transhumanism, Tucker Carlson, Vincent Lê}

“Accelerating” Toward a Post-Human Future, and Loving It

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 16, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences

5}

There is a lot of AI Apocalypse Now! and AI Utopia Soon! in the news these days. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Zoology
Tagged
, algorithms, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, automatons, bees, brains, Cartesianism, ChatGPT, consciousness, Greek, humans, hype, materialism, neuroscience, philosophers, rational faculty, rational minds, Science Daily, Singularity}

Of Bee Brains, ChatGPT, and Fists of Ham

_{Jonathan Witt
June 8, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Zoology

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Happily, a recent philosopher has provided some intellectual tools for avoiding the sort of ham-fisted either/or approach to consciousness. Read More ›