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Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›
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New Book from Computer Engineer Robert J. Marks: You Are NOT Computable

Just a few days ago a Google engineer revealed that an AI chatbot disclosed to him that it had “come to life” and has a “soul.” Read More ›
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Philosopher Looks for a Way to Redefine Free Will

Julian Baggini’s proposed new approach assumes the existence of the very qualities that only a traditional view of the mind offers. Read More ›
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Can a Human Be Gifted Despite Missing Lots of Brain?

Most of what is going on in the human mind is not as dependent on the brain as some approaches to neuroscience would require. Read More ›
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Robert J. Marks on Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Read More ›
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Does Science Disprove Free Will? A Physicist Says No

Marcelo Gleiser notes that the mind is not a solar system with strict deterministic laws. Read More ›
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Professor Explains “How to Be a God”

Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›
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Does Superdeterminism Resolve Dilemmas Around Free Will?

The conventional view of nature held by materialists is that all acts are wholly determined by the laws of nature. Read More ›
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Trying to Disprove Free Will Shows that Materialism Doesn’t Work

The fact that nature is not predetermined in detail has been shown quite convincingly by the experimental confirmation of Bell’s theorem in quantum mechanics. Read More ›
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If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?

The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect. Read More ›

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