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Jonathan Wells

Date
June 13, 2018

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Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, adenosine triphosphate, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Casey Luskin, causal circularity, Charles Darwin, Corvette, cysteine, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, Immanuel Kant, kinesin, laptop computer, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, molecular machines, National Academy of Sciences, Phillip E. Johnson, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, Tim Berra}

Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machines

_{Jonathan Wells
June 13, 2018

Intelligent Design

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René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
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, __k-review, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), cells, intelligent design, machines, molecular biology, National Academy of Sciences, organisms, protein folding, protein machines, proteins, Stony Brook University}

Biophysicist Ken Dill: Protein Machines Are “Real Machines. That’s Not a Metaphor”

_{Casey Luskin
June 6, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The implication of design, while no doubt unintended, is so powerful it almost doesn’t need to be spelled out. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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, __k-review, addiction, artificial intelligence, autonomy, Baylor University, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, machines, media, Michael Egnor, Microsoft, Museum of Flight, privacy, Research, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen Hawking, Stony Brook University, Texas A&M, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski, William Allen Theater}

New Discovery Institute Center to Explore Threat, Promise, Limits of AI; Seattle Launch on July 11

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence will focus on the profound concerns stirred by the mystery of minds. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 28, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Bible, civilization, contagion, Europe, Henry Kissinger, Johannes Gutenberg, machines, metal, paper, Politics, printing press, Reformation, religion, René Girard, silicon, Spain, The Atlantic, thought, Wesley Smith}

Kissinger and Girard on Artificial Intelligence

_{Michael Egnor
May 28, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Any genuine understanding of the impact AI will have (and is having) on humanity must begin with Girard. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 18, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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, __k-review, artificial intelligence, cognition, computation, computers, Enlightenment, Henry Kissinger, human beings, machines, memorization, money, personhood, Pinocchio, puppet, The Atlantic, toaster, transhumanism}

Kissinger: A.I. Machines Won’t “Think”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 18, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Transhumanists and other anti-human exceptionalists have been arguing of late that artificial-intelligence machines are destined to become so sophisticated that they will become “self-aware.” Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Alasdair MacIntyre, americans, artificial intelligence, China, Declaration of Independence, Ghana, government, human rights, machines, natural selection, random mutations, robots, Star Trek, strong AI, Thomas Jefferson, unicorns, University of Notre Dame}

Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

_{Jay W. Richards
April 16, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›

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Date
December 3, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
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, __k-review, Ann Gauger, antibodies, antigens, BIO-Complexity, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, human eye, intelligent design, Jonathan Bartlett, machines, Modern Synthesis, molecular machines, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, proteins, Richard Dawkins, teleology, The Blind Watchmaker, The Selfish Gene}

Design (But Not Design) Is the New Unifying Principle of Biology

_{Science and Culture
December 3, 2017

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The human eye is for seeing, whether or not it has any effect on genetics. However, this common-sense view has a problem. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 4, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, artificial intelligence, computers, determinism, life, machines, moral agency, moral value, robots, Smithsonian Magazine, toaster}

Blade Runner 2049 Poses Questions about AI Machines and Moral Value

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 4, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Technology

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Rather than get all caught up in esoteric musing, I suggest an entry level test for determining whether an entity has any moral value. Read More ›