Tag: George Gilder | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 23, 2021

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Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, baseball, conferences, Erik Larson, First Things, George Gilder, Jay Richards, Ray Kurzweil, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence}

“Are We Spiritual Machines?”

_{William A. Dembski
April 23, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The event at which I moderated the discussion about Ray Kurzweil’s book was the 1998 George Gilder Telecosm conference. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 4, 2020

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, artificial intelligence, Bradley Center, brain, calculations, computers, Discovery Institute, George Gilder, mind, Mind Matters}

George Gilder: Can a Computer Model a Brain?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 4, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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"The brain is not billions of little computers. It vastly exceeds the most powerful computers in efficiency but it is not directed to calculation as such." Read More ›

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Date
November 3, 2019

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Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, computers, dystopia, George Gilder, human intelligence, ID the Future, Jay Richards, John Searle, machine learning, qualia, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, Skynet}

Jay Richards at COSM Talks Ray Kurzweil and Strong AI

_{Science & Culture
November 3, 2019

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Is the “singularity” coming, as Kurzweil argues there and elsewhere, when machines equal and then quickly surpass human intelligence? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __edited, artificial intelligence, Bellevue, Center for Science and Culture, chess, currency, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Facebook, George Gilder, intelligent design, Microsoft, money, Silicon Valley, Steve Forbes, trust, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

COSM Conference: A Bonfire for Tech Vanities

_{David Klinghoffer
October 24, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Peter Thiel assailed the “Atheist Church,” as he calls the universities, calling for outsiders to push for a reformation that the academic priesthood will never undertake on its own. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, adulthood, anti-humanism, C.S. Lewis, George Gilder, James Le Fanu, Michael Aeschliman, responsibility, The Restoration of Man}

Species Dysphoria: Former Archbishop of Canterbury on Aeschliman’s Restoration of Man

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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An observation by Rowan Williams, that many of us “don’t want to be human,” is a profound insight. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 17, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aristotle, C.S. Lewis, Discovery Institute Press, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, G.K. Chesterton, George Gilder, imago Dei, Jay Richards, John Henry Newman, John Paul II, Malcolm Muggeridge, Michael Aeschliman, National Review, Psalms, PZ Myers, The Restoration of Man}

From National Review, a Rave for Aeschliman on the “Religion of Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2019

Faith & Science

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Restoring man’s image is functionally equivalent to restoring the tradition of great thought and great writing. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 16, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Bruce Chapman, Discovery Insiders Tour, George Gilder, Israel, Jericho, Jerusalem, Masada, Michael Medved, radio, Stephen Meyer, Steve Buri, Titus Kennedy, United States}

Photos of Discovery Insiders Tour to Israel!

_{David Klinghoffer
September 16, 2019

Faith & Science

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Since this is Israel, “simcha dancing” is to be expected, and Steve Meyer obliged on an evening cruise on the Sea of Galilee. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, academia, artificial intelligence, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, economics, evolution, George Gilder, information, intelligent design, materialism, matter, media, mind, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks II, science, Seattle, Steve Forbes, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

An Invitation: Science, Culture, and the COSM Conference

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2019

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Discovery is getting ready to enter into a conversation with leaders in the information and technology industry, centered in Seattle. Read More ›

Photo: A leafy sea dragon, by Sylke Rohrlach from Sydney [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 23, 2019

Categories
Arts
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __nedited, active information, algorithms, artificial intelligence, California, computer simulations, computers, creativity, curator, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, entrepreneurship, evolution, George Gilder, human creativity, inspiration, intelligent design, Michael Behe, programmer, Robert J. Marks II, science, Steve Forbes, William A. Dembski}

Robert Marks on Evolution and Creativity

_{David Klinghoffer
May 23, 2019

Arts, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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In our culture, crossing a range of thought disciplines, one views says that AI, entrepreneurship, and evolution can dispense with creativity. The algorithm is all! Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 28, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, artificial intelligence, Bradley Center, Dallas, George Gilder, Jay Richards, Karl Marx, Mars, Marxism, Robert J. Marks II, Silicon Valley, work}

Gilder: AI and the Return of the Marxist Utopia

_{David Klinghoffer
April 28, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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In this vision, thanks to AI, work is to become an obsolete concept as we all sit around on the beach collecting a monthly paycheck from the government. Read More ›