Sophia the Robot Type post Author Robert J. Marks II Date July 12, 2022 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindScience ReportingTechnology Tagged , artificial intelligence, Buddhist monks, eye contact, Frankenstein, Kannon, Mary Shelley, Mindar, packaging, robots, seductive optics, uncanny valley, YouTube videos Hyping Artificial Intelligence with Seductive Optics and the Frankenstein Complex Robert J. Marks II July 12, 2022 Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting, Technology 5 Some of the panicky AI-will-take-over-the-world talk grows out of seductive optics — that is, the AI packaging. Read More ›
lit match Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 4, 2019 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Brooklyn, Buddhism, Buddhist monks, China, climate change, earth, Martin Luther King, mental illness, misanthropy, obituary, suicide, Tibet, World Health Organization Romanticizing a Suicide “for the Earth” Wesley J. Smith January 4, 2019 Bioethics 3 The harsh fact is that Buckel’s suicide was futile. It won’t make a whit of difference toward improving the environment. Read More ›
