Tag: Ray Kurzweil | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alan Turing, algorithms, Baylor University, computation, computer science, computers, consciousness, creativity, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, emotion, faith, future, humans, immortality, intelligent design, machines, mathematician, Non-Computable You, qualia, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks II, sentience, Singularity, speed, spirituality, Turing Machine, understanding, William A. Dembski}

Marks: Non-Computable You Won’t Achieve Immortality Through an AI Machine

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2022

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dreams of achieving immortality by having your consciousness uploaded, merging man and computer in the predicted 2045 “Singularity,” are just that — dreams. 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, 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
, Big Tech, Christianity, death, faith, fasting, Huffington Post, immortality, materialism, Nick Bostrom, nihilism, prayer, Ray Kurzweil, Singularity, St. Paul, theology, transhumanism, 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 23, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, baseball, conferences, Erik Larson, First Things, George Gilder, Jay Richards, Ray Kurzweil, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence}

“Are We Spiritual Machines?”

_{William A. Dembski
April 23, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The event at which I moderated the discussion about Ray Kurzweil’s book was the 1998 George Gilder Telecosm conference. 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, John Searle, machine learning, machines, Michael Denton, Microsoft, Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, 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

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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
James A. Herrick

Date
August 24, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Internet, magic, mysticism, Nick Bostrom, noosphere, Ray Kurzweil, 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

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

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Date
November 3, 2019

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, computers, dystopia, George Gilder, human intelligence, ID the Future, Jay Richards, John Searle, machine learning, qualia, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, Skynet}

Jay Richards at COSM Talks Ray Kurzweil and Strong AI

_{Science & Culture
November 3, 2019

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __edited, C.S. Lewis, civilization, complex life, consciousness, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, David Berlinski, David Chalmers, David Gelernter, evolution, Greek, Human Nature (book), intelligent design, Islam, Italy, Jerry Coyne, Long Term Evolution Experiment, LTEE, materialism, Michael Behe, Paris, Peter Robinson, Ray Kurzweil, Richard Lenski, saltation, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, The Greatest Show on Earth, theistic evolution, Uncommon Knowledge}

Berlinski Banters Entertainingly with ID-Friendly Muslims

_{David Klinghoffer
October 8, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Dr. Berlinski questions evolutionary understandings of language and expresses doubt as to what reproductive benefit could have accrued to “the first guy to master the Greek subjunctive.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, academia, artificial intelligence, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, economics, evolution, George Gilder, information, intelligent design, materialism, matter, media, mind, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks II, science, Seattle, Steve Forbes, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

An Invitation: Science, Culture, and the COSM Conference

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2019

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Discovery is getting ready to enter into a conversation with leaders in the information and technology industry, centered in Seattle. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 3, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __cedited, algorithms, apologetics, artificial intelligence, computers, immortality, Mind Matters, naturalism, prophecy, quantum mechanics, Ray Kurzweil, religion, Robert J. Marks II, Singularity, The Singularity is Near, Walter Bradley Center}

Marks on the AI Church: “The Singularity Is Far”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 3, 2019

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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New religions, including one centered on Artificial Intelligence, follow a stereotyped pattern. Read More ›