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Granville Sewell

Date
January 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, Big Bang, criminals, evolution, humans, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, justice, materialism, Michael Egnor, natural selection, punishment, robots, scientists, Stephen Hawking, Why Evolution Is True}

From Materialists, More Reductio ad Absurdum

_{Granville Sewell
January 20, 2019

Evolution

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Quite honestly, I think we should be grateful to people like Coyne and Hawking, who carry materialism to its logical conclusions. Read More ›

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Date
December 10, 2018

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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
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, __k-review, Being as Communion, blind search, Brian Miller, causation, Claude Shannon, Conservation of Information, David Snoke, David Wolpert, entropy, Eric Anderson, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, Great Barrier Reef, information, information theory, Interface Focus, materialism, Michael Keas, No Free Lunch theorems, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Royal Society, Santa Fe Institute, semantic information, Shannon information, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?

_{Science & Culture
December 10, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
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, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, consciousness, ID the Future, machines, robots, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

Bill Dembski on the AI Boogeyman, and the Real AI Danger

_{Science & Culture
September 1, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology

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“The real worry,” Dembski says, “isn’t that we’ll raise machines to our level, but that we’ll lower humanity to the level of machines.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 25, 2018

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, computers, Discovery Institute, education, farming, good, human beings, hunter-gatherers, Jay Richards, labor, robots, schools, teachers, The Human Advantage, unemployment, Wall Street Journal}

Human Exceptionalism Explains the Longing for a “Human Touch”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 25, 2018

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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No doubt evolutionary psychologists could a tell a story to explain this. They always can. Something about tribes of hunter-gatherers. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computer science, contagion, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, Günter Bechly, Internet, John West, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, Museum of Flight, René Girard, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Seattle, smart machines, Steve Buri, unemployment, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

New Bradley Center Launches; Will Consider Promise and Threat of Artificial Intelligence

_{David Klinghoffer
July 17, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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The theme of the evening was framed by a question: “Will the Machines Take Over? Human Uniqueness in the Age of Smart Machines.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, human beings, Jay Richards, Michael Egnor, Museum of Flight, Pandora’s box, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Seattle, smart machines, Stephen Hawking, The Human Advantage, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, William A. Dembski}

Artificial Intelligence Is a Pandora’s Box. What’s in There? Find Out Tomorrow!

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Get a glimpse at 7:30 pm as we live-stream Discovery Institute's launch of the new Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Civil War, farming, history, Industrial Revolution, Jay Richards, jobs, liberalism, robots, Rod Dreher, socialism, The Human Advantage, unemployment, United States, Utopia}

Richards: Using Artificial Intelligence to Sell the Welfare State

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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There’s an undoubted sense of crisis in the air. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, artificial intelligence, China, dystopia, economics, future, Great Minds with Michael Medved, humans, Jay Richards, machines, Michael Medved, middle class, prestige, robots, smart machines, The Human Advantage, unemployment}

Richards, Medved: Sex Robots and the Future “Smart Machine” Dystopia

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, artificial intelligence, computers, George Montañez, Google, Jay Richards, Michael Egnor, Museum of Flight, privacy, Robert J. Marks II, robots, smart machines, Stony Brook University, The Human Advantage, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Bradley Center to Sort Reality from Rubbish on AI; Join Us July 11 in Seattle for the Big Launch!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology

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I sometimes wonder if hype about artificial intelligence, the wonderful or terrible things it will do for or to us, functions as a deliberate distraction. Read More ›

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Date
June 10, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computers, consciousness, Henry Kissinger, humans, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Mike Keas, podcast, robots, The Atlantic, The Human Advantage}

Jay Richards: Press Pause on the Robot Apocalypse

_{Science & Culture
June 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Henry Kissinger has sounded an alarm over AI, and raises questions about machine ethics and the possibility that humans may learn we’re not so special after all. Read More ›