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The God of the Darwinian Age

It is a god who still holds great sway. In fact, we might say it is the god of this world. Read More ›
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In Connecticut, Horrors of AI Finally Come into View

A 56-year-old man, living with his mother in a wealthy New York suburb, developed a “friendship” with ChatGPT. Read More ›
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In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”

The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any. Read More ›
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Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›
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Dr. Geoffrey Simmons on Human Design — and Re-Creating It in Robots

Will robots ever experience empathy or other feelings, or develop a genuine sense of humor? Read More ›
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Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error

He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us. Read More ›
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Rights Are Not about “Feelings”

Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them. Read More ›

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