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Photo: Chinese Han characters, by Michael Coghlan, via Flickr (cropped).

Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI

A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese. Read More ›
Ray Kurzweil
Photo: Ray Kurzweil, by Nathan Jacobson.

Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Cristian Bortes / bortescristian, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Spider-Man, the Multiverse, and Intelligent Design

In the new Spider-Man movie, the multiverse not only makes an appearance but plays a crucial role in the plot. Read More ›

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