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Optimization: A Key Concept in Intelligent Design

Portraying neo-Darwinism’s mechanisms as optimization strategies is wishful thinking. Read More ›
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Robert J. Marks: Could Artificial Intelligence Replace Tom Cruise?

Strictly in terms of optimal military tactics, the job of the human fighter pilots could be better filled by drones. Read More ›
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Chatbots Might Chat, But They’re Not People

A Google engineer claims a chatbot meditates, believes itself to have a soul, has emotions like fear, and enjoys reading. Read More ›
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The Difference Between Humans and Machines

Why do news headlines continually suggest that AI is practically human already, and soon will become fully human? Read More ›
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Marks, Dembski: AI Hype and the “Illusion of Possibility”

The materialist agenda is served by AI hype, while the human mission is damaged. And that is what is at stake. Read More ›
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Hyping Artificial Intelligence with Seductive Optics and the Frankenstein Complex

Some of the panicky AI-will-take-over-the-world talk grows out of seductive optics — that is, the AI packaging. Read More ›
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For AI to Be Creative, Here’s What It Would Take

AI can appear smart when it generates a surprising result. But surprise does not equate to creativity. Read More ›
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Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›
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No Pony in the Manure, No Consciousness in the Code

These AI champions are appealing to the Software of the Gaps, a secular cousin of the God of the Gaps. Read More ›
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The Non-Computable Human

An algorithm is a step-by-step set of instructions to accomplish a task. A recipe for German chocolate cake is an algorithm. Read More ›

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