Ray Kurzweil Type post Author William A. Dembski Date February 2, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , algorithms, An Idol for Destruction (series), Are We Spiritual Machines?, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, brain, ChatGPT, Chinese, Chinese Room argument, computers, consciousness, COSM, George Gilder, Gottfried Leibniz, Jay Richards, John Searle, jumbo jet, machines, Marvin Minsky, Michael Denton, Moore’s law, organisms, Ray Kurzweil, Stanford University, Telecosm, The Age of Spiritual Machines, Thomas Ray, Turing Machine, Venice Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms William A. Dembski February 2, 2024 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind 11 It may seem that I’m picking too much on Ray Kurzweil. But he and I have been crossing paths for a long time. Read More ›
robot Type post Author William A. Dembski Date April 23, 2021 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Are We Spiritual Machines?, baseball, conferences, Erik Larson, First Things, George Gilder, Jay Richards, Ray Kurzweil, Telecosm, The Age of Spiritual Machines, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence “Are We Spiritual Machines?” William A. Dembski April 23, 2021 Neuroscience & Mind 1 The event at which I moderated the discussion about Ray Kurzweil’s book was the 1998 George Gilder Telecosm conference. Read More ›
Artificial Intelligence Type post Author William A. Dembski Date April 19, 2021 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy 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 ›