Oldbookbindings Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date July 31, 2026 CategoriesComputational SciencesTechnology Tagged , __featured3, Amazon, Anthropic, artificial inteligence, Ben Mann, Big Tech, books, booksellers, chatbots, ChatGPT, Claude, copyright, ISBNdb, Kindle, knowledge, large language models, licensing, LLMs, Peter Biles, Project Panama, technicians, techno-utopianism, technological view, technology, wisdom It’s Time to Buy Old Books Before AI Destroys Them Andrew McDiarmid July 31, 2026 Computational Sciences, Technology 5 This scheme is the brain child of technicians, people who lead tech companies and tech labs who are wholly committed to a technological view of the world. Read More ›
Daniel-Dennett Type post Author William A. Dembski Date April 19, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Boston, Commentary, copyright, Daniel Dennett, Darwinists, David Berlinski, ISI Books, letters, Michael Behe, MIT, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, Tufts University, Uncommon Dissent Farewell to Daniel Dennett William A. Dembski April 19, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design 5 Dennett noted that Paul Nelson and I were in the audience and would be speaking at Tufts that evening on intelligent design. Read More ›
9de929b4-7418-470a-ac0b-4342ad815b98_1220x658 2 Type post Author William A. Dembski Date April 1, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Boston, Commentary, copyright, Daniel Dennett, Darwinists, David Berlinski, ISI Books, letters, Michael Behe, MIT, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, Tufts University, Uncommon Dissent Dawkins, Dennett, and the Taste for Iconoclasm William A. Dembski April 1, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design 4 I’ve had two memorable encounters with Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, one with Dennett alone, the other with both together. Read More ›
handshake Type post Author Peter Biles Date March 11, 2023 CategoriesHuman ExceptionalismIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computers, copyright, critical thinking, Gary Smith, images, intelligence, novels, writing For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now Peter Biles March 11, 2023 Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 5 In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Read More ›
Crested-Macaque Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 24, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __k-review, animal rights, animal standing, Constitution, copyright, courts, duties, PETA, Supreme Court, Titanic Court Takes Half-Step Toward Animals Suing Wesley J. Smith April 24, 2018 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 I know Judge Bea, who wrote this decision — and he’s no left-wing radical. So, I think the court is sending a warning. Read More ›
not a selfie Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 16, 2017 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, copyright, courts, creativity, frivolous lawsuits, lawsuits, PETA, photography, San Francisco, Wales PETA Should Be Treated as a Vexatious Litigant Wesley J. Smith September 16, 2017 Bioethics 4 There was never any chance a monkey would be granted a copyright. Read More ›
patent-concept-with-man-holding-a-tablet-computer-stockpack-331772566-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date November 3, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsComputational SciencesHuman ExceptionalismLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __nedited, copyright, creativity, human rights, innovation Computers Should Not Be Granted Patents Wesley J. Smith November 3, 2016 Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Human Exceptionalism, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 2 In order to receive a patent, the subject of the protection must be a human invention. Read More ›