AGI-as-Idol-Destroyed-1024x585 Type post Author William A. Dembski Date February 7, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & MindScience EducationTechnology Tagged , algorithms, An Idol for Destruction (series), Aristotle, artificial general intelligence, chess, children, computers, Dante Alighieri, education, farming, happiness, humans, humility, iPhones, machines, peace, Silicon Valley, social media Artificial General Intelligence: Destroying the Idol William A. Dembski February 7, 2024 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education, Technology 15 Even those doing the most to build and publicize the AGI idol do not wish it on their children. Read More ›
farmer Sri Lanka Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 27, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsLife Sciences Tagged , agriculture, ammonia, Canada, farming, fertilizer, inflation, Justin Trudeau, Netherlands, nitrogen, Reuters, Russia, technocrats Stifling Food Production to “Save the Planet” Wesley J. Smith July 27, 2022 Bioethics, Life Sciences 4 After Sri Lanka’s government restricted non-organic fertilizer use, the economy and government collapsed. Read More ›
cricket Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 2, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , Aeon, artificial intelligence, bioethicists, chemicals, farming, fruit flies, global warming, honey, insects, oysters, peas, personhood, PETA, sentience Bioethicists: Insects Are People, Too! Wesley J. Smith August 2, 2021 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 We have even seen one professor declare the supposed personhood of peas. Now, it is insects’ turn at being anthropomorphized. Read More ›
barista Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 25, 2018 CategoriesEvolutionary PsychologyHuman ExceptionalismIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, computers, Discovery Institute, education, farming, good, human beings, hunter-gatherers, Jay Richards, labor, robots, schools, teachers, The Human Advantage, unemployment, Wall Street Journal Human Exceptionalism Explains the Longing for a “Human Touch” David Klinghoffer July 25, 2018 Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design 4 No doubt evolutionary psychologists could a tell a story to explain this. They always can. Something about tribes of hunter-gatherers. Read More ›
running robots Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 27, 2018 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, artificial intelligence, Civil War, farming, history, Industrial Revolution, Jay Richards, jobs, liberalism, robots, Rod Dreher, socialism, The Human Advantage, unemployment, United States, Utopia Richards: Using Artificial Intelligence to Sell the Welfare State David Klinghoffer June 27, 2018 Neuroscience & Mind 3 There’s an undoubted sense of crisis in the air. Read More ›