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Photo credit: Jopparn, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Peering into the Known and the Unknown

Every masterpiece can be traced to its master designer — the architect. Sagrada Família is no exception. Read More ›
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Atheist on The Story of Everything: “I’m Not Sold. But I Can’t Just Wave It Off Either.”

"I came away with a much clearer picture of the actual argument....That’s enough of a reason to watch." Read More ›
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Closeup of a newborn baby dreaming and smiling while sleeping.
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Why AI Won’t Replace Us Spiritually

AI systems increasingly resemble human intelligence. But resemblance alone does not make them image bearers. It cannot. AI systems do not represent God. Read More ›
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Photo: Lasius umbratus, by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Animal Intelligence Point to a Platonic Realm of Pure Information?

How could a life form like an ant — not known for creative or independent thinking as such but rather for a hive mind — “evolve” such a strategy? Read More ›
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Photo credit: Arseny Togulev, via Unsplash.

Jay Richards: AI, Robots, and Moravec’s Paradox

Dr. Richards punctures the illusions of AI hype. One is that AI is something really new. Read More ›
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Photo: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, 1969, via Wikimedia Commons.

Life and the Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics

This seem to be extremely improbable: “From a lifeless planet, there arose spaceships capable of flying to its moon and back safely.” Read More ›
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Photo: Chinese Han characters, by Michael Coghlan, via Flickr (cropped).

Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI

A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese. Read More ›
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The Human Mind Has No History

There is no good reason to assume that human intelligence evolved from mud to mind via a long slow history. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Professor Larry Barham, University of Liverpool, via EurekAlert!

Evidence of Woodworking Extends High Human Intelligence Far Back into the Mid-Pleistocene

This rare find shows that some of the very human-like forms in the fossil record were actually much smarter than we thought. Read More ›
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ChatGPT Is Becoming Increasingly Impressive

Yet I continue to maintain that human intelligence is qualitatively different from artificial intelligence. Read More ›

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