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Scott Adams and Rule by Algorithms

He doesn't mean there won’t be humans in the Oval Office in the future, but that the power behind the power will be AI. Is it true? Read More ›
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Human Computation — A “Practical Application” of Intelligent Design

As Denyse O’Leary asks, “Why is it comparatively easy to develop a program to play chess, as opposed to teaching a robot to walk freely?” Read More ›
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A Strange Way of Speaking About the Brain

A peculiar habit of disassociation is widespread among many who study the brain. Read More ›
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Egnor Versus Shallit: Can Brains Learn?

Egnor he nails it by noting that Shallit, not uniquely, falls victim to the mereological fallacy. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor on Animal Generosity

The failure to understand the gulf that separates humans from animals, and humans from machines, is a source of confusion to rival almost any other. Read More ›
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Egnor: Democracy, Tyranny, and Technology

“It is the obscurity of AI that most impairs liberty. We do not know what is being done to us or even what is being done by us.” Read More ›
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Review: Heretic Takes Aim at Science’s Third Rail

“Well, we can’t touch the third rail, so the question becomes, How can we safely get past it?” Read More ›
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Dembski: Descartes Understood the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

The new Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence is deeply informed by the work of William Dembski. Read More ›

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