Tag: Nick Bostrom

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, Bill Macready, Bruce Chapman, coconuts, computational reductionism, David Wolpert, Didascalicon, digital wellness, Discovery Institute, education, educators, entrepreneurship, faculty, Hugh of Saint Victor, machine intelligence, materialism, Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, Reductionism, Robert J. Marks II, Seattle, Steven Buri, students, synthetic fibers, technology, Texas A&M University, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Walter Bradley and the Bradley Center

_{William A. Dembski
July 7, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Unfortunately, rather than use AI to enhance our humanity, computational reductionists increasingly use it as a club to beat our humanity. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alan Turing, An Idol for Destruction (series), artificial general intelligence, Bertrand Russell, California, Christianity, computational power, David Hilbert, elementary particles, eternity, Gregory of Nyssa, humans, Marvin Minsky, Nick Bostrom, oscillating universe, Ray Kurzweil, The Design Inference, theology}

Artificial General Intelligence: Digital vs. Traditional Immortality

_{William A. Dembski
February 1, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Gregory of Nyssa taught that eternity for humanity is an unending progression in the knowledge of God. Read More ›

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Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, aliens, Big Think, Elon Musk, Future of Humanity Institute, intelligent aliens, Marcelo Gleiser, Martin Rees, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, Oxford University, simulation, simulation theory, The Island of Knowledge}

Physicist: Why the “Alien Simulation” Hypothesis Is Bunk

_{Science and Culture
July 11, 2022

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Assuming that the regression does not continue endlessly, only the First Simulator is real. But then, why do any simulators even bother? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Behe, Bradley Monton, Bruce Chapman, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Elon Musk, ENCODE, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Jay Richards, John West, Martin Rees, Marvin Minsky, Max Tegmark, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, Paul Nelson, PhD, Professor Dave, Ray Kurzweil, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, theocracy, Thomas Nagel, William A. Dembski, William Shakespeare}

Yawn: Atheist YouTuber “Professor Dave” Rants about Intelligent Design

_{Günter Bechly
May 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In the end, Farina’s potshots against intelligent design and Discovery Institute completely miss their targets. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 1, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Technology
Tagged
, asceticism, Big Tech, Christianity, death, faith, fasting, Huffington Post, immortality, materialism, Nick Bostrom, nihilism, prayer, Ray Kurzweil, Singularity, St. Paul, theology, transhumanism, Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Zoltan Istvan}

The Impossibility of Christian Transhumanism

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 1, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Technology

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First principles matter, and those of transhumanism and Christianity could not be more contradictory. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 19, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, abduction, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, chatbot, Chinese Room, computers, Elon Musk, Erik Larson, Eugene Goostman, Google, intelligence, Jeopardy, John Searle, machine learning, machines, Michael Denton, Microsoft, Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, Tay, The Age of Spiritual Machines, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, The Singularity is Near, Thomas Ray}

Artificial Intelligence: Unseating the Inevitability Narrative

_{William A. Dembski
April 19, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

10}

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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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 17, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, computer simulation, computers, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Elon Musk, Eugene Wigner, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, Mr. Spock, National Review, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, particle physics, phylogeny, Standard Model, Star Trek}

“Simulation Hypothesis” and Star Trek — Intelligent Design by Another Name

_{Casey Luskin
February 17, 2021

Physical Sciences

8}

The universe may be intelligently designed and yet not be a simulation. The theory of intelligent design does not rise or fall with the simulation hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 24, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Internet, magic, mysticism, Nick Bostrom, noosphere, Olaf Stapledon, Ray Kurzweil, Ronald Bailey, Science, Teilhard de Chardin, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Singularity is Near, transhumanism, University of Oxford}

C. S. Lewis and Contemporary Transhumanism

_{James A. Herrick
August 24, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

14}

The vision of technologically enhanced posthumanity arises out of a synthesis of scientific culture’s most robust mythologies. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Brian Josephson, evolution, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, Michael Egnor, Michael Keas, neuroscience, Nick Bostrom, Nobel Prize, Oxford University, Scientism and Secularism (book), Scott Adams, simulation theory, Stephen King, Tom Wolfe, Unbelievable}

Scott Adams: Intelligent Design (Of a Sort!) Is “Close to 100 Percent” Certain

_{David Klinghoffer
December 3, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

5}

Notice once again that you don’t have to be a religious believer to see through the charade that evolutionary theory has got everything all figured out. Read More ›