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Optimization: A Key Concept in Intelligent Design

Portraying neo-Darwinism’s mechanisms as optimization strategies is wishful thinking. Read More ›
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Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

Axe: Why “No Free Lunch” for Darwin?

That there is a design to life is intuitive, but most of us, if challenged on it, would want to be able to defend our intuition persuasively. Read More ›
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Photo: Self-driving car, by Grendelkhan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Automated Driving and Other Failures of AI

It would be interesting to see what fully automated driving would look like in a place like Moldova. Read More ›
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Artificial Intelligence: Unseating the Inevitability Narrative

World-class chess, Go, and Jeopardy-playing programs are impressive, but they prove nothing about whether computers can be made to achieve AGI. Read More ›
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Image: A scene from The Information Enigma, via Discovery Institute.

Grandeur in Extinctions?

New corollary to an old law: Put Darwinian assumptions in, and you will get Darwinian models out. Read More ›
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Jay Richards at COSM Talks Ray Kurzweil and Strong AI

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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Strong Campaign Slogans? Winning Tag Lines? Don’t Ask AI

I watched a bit of President Trump’s campaign launch rally in Orlando last night and found it interesting to see him crowd-testing campaign slogans. Read More ›
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Warnings exclamation mark alerts in computer systems to be aware of the dangers and risks of cyberattacks on the Internet. Malicious software to secure online logins on websites
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Robert Marks: What Computers Will Never Do

Many Artificial Intelligence researchers wrongly believe that intelligence arises from the application of algorithms. Read More ›
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In Election 2016, Why Big Data Took a Tumble

Human judgment and insight, especially trained human judgment and insight, are irreplaceable. Read More ›

How Likely Is a "Terminator" Future?

Celebrity scientist Michio Kaku is the latest to throw his support behind the "Terminator is coming" mantra. Read More ›

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