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Dembski Has Fun with Evolution’s “Overwhelming Evidence”

From Richard Dawkins and the like, William Dembski has heard the phrase many, many times. Read More ›
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Edification vs. Enhancement — The Non-Transhumanist Vision of AI in Education

Edify your kids, don’t enhance them. We are organic beings, not gadgets to be improved with newer and better modules. Read More ›
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Jay Richards: AI, Robots, and Moravec’s Paradox

Dr. Richards punctures the illusions of AI hype. One is that AI is something really new. Read More ›
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Science Paper: Use Artificial Intelligence to Challenge Evolution

The authors conclude, "It seems remote that AI would conclude that it is ‘turtles all the way down’.” Read More ›
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A Misguided Critique of Irreducible Complexity

Danaher’s critiques of irreducible complexity are poorly informed and based on misunderstandings of intelligent design and what its key defenders argue. Read More ›
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Memories Are Not “Stored” in the Brain; Here’s Why

It doesn’t make any sense to talk about the “storage” of non-physical entities. Philosophers like to call that a "category error." Read More ›
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Artificial General Intelligence: Destroying the Idol

Even those doing the most to build and publicize the AGI idol do not wish it on their children. Read More ›
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Artificial General Intelligence: AI’s Temptation to Theft Over Honest Toil

The worry is — and it’s a legitimate worry — that our environments will increasingly be altered to accommodate AI. Read More ›
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Artificial General Intelligence: The Poverty of the Stimulus

It doesn’t even matter if the child is blind, deaf, or both. Barring developmental disorders (such as some forms of autism), the child can learn language. Read More ›
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I’m Baffled by Lee Cronin, and I’m Not Alone

Do you know those prank mirror illusions where an object seems to be sitting in a dish ready to be picked up, but you reach for it and there’s nothing there? Read More ›

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