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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Uncommon Descent — A Farewell and Remembrance

I didn’t know what to expect from the blog when it started, but it quickly developed a following that was gratifying to see. Read More ›
robot
Photo credit: Yuyeung Lau via Unsplash.

Pre-Order Immortality Now! (It’s Only 8 Years Away, Apparently)

Would living forever in a utopian technological society really be as great as the transhumanists insist?  Read More ›
computer repair shop
Photo credit: Gerry Dincher, via Flickr (cropped).

Robert J. Mark on AI’s Glaring Errors

Snapchat’s chatbot “My AI” gave advice about how to hide the smell of pot and alcohol to someone posing as a disgruntled teenager. Read More ›
Amazon Echo Dot
Photo credit: Michael Sheehan, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Depths of Design: Talking Boxes

Our talking boxes take our requests, run their routines, and send out results but understand nothing, whether or not they’re made in China. Read More ›
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Image credit: John Everett Millais, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

By Design: Storytelling Reveals Human Exceptionalism

That humans enjoy being made to wait seems to have been deliberately built into us. It’s unique in nature, an intelligent design. Read More ›
Protein
Image credit: E A S, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Orphan Proteins Spell Trouble for AlphaFold 2

Proteins are indispensable molecular biological workhorses that come in thousands of different shapes and sizes. Read More ›
Vincent Van Gogh
Image: Wheat Field with Cypresses, by Vincent Van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons.

Could Artificial Intelligence Ever Pass the Van Gogh Test?

Vincent Van Gogh was crazy but he was talented, and AI can be neither crazy nor talented. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Yuyeung Lau via Unsplash.

Chatbots Might Chat, But They’re Not People

A Google engineer claims a chatbot meditates, believes itself to have a soul, has emotions like fear, and enjoys reading. Read More ›
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Photo credit: physic17082002, via Pixabay.

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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Photo: A chatbot, by UC Davis College of Engineering, via Flickr (cropped).

Engineer: Failing to See His AI Program as a Person Is “Bigotry”

Earlier this month, just in time for the release of Robert J. Marks’s book Non-Computable You, the story broke. Read More ›

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