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How the Supernatural Entered Science

I recently came across a nice little video which seems to prove that π = 0. Each step seems reasonable. Read More ›
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Science for Insight or Science for Power?

What are the core purposes of science and math? Evaluating the idea of "knowledge as power" in the computer age. Read More ›
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Blind Ambition — Revisiting Searle’s Chinese Room

For the most part, computer scientists have tended to ignore Searle’s argument and the point of view that it represents. Read More ›
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Breaking ChatGPT: Its Inability to Find Patterns in Numerical Sequences

Pattern completion tasks like this have been part of aptitude testing for a long time. The NSA and CIA, for instance, have used them to help in hiring analysts. Read More ›
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Film Festival 2023 — “Artificial Intelligence: Will Machines Take Over?”

From May 9-30, the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute is running a film festival on YouTube to highlight some of its top videos. Read More ›
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People Can Do Puzzles — And Why That Matters

Our ability to complete a puzzle hinges upon clues that are unavailable to nature, were natural processes given the task of assembling the puzzle. Read More ›
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For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Read More ›
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Marks: Human Exceptionalism in a World of AI

“Ever wonder whether computers will one day be capable of doing everything that human beings can?” Read More ›
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Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Read More ›
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Why High School Biology Made Me Angry (And Why I Like It So Much Better Now)

Your own body has something like 30 trillion cells in it. That’s 30 trillion large cities’ worth of complexity. Read More ›

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