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All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)

In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them. Read More ›
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New Book from Computer Engineer Robert J. Marks: You Are NOT Computable

Just a few days ago a Google engineer revealed that an AI chatbot disclosed to him that it had “come to life” and has a “soul.” Read More ›
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Dear Economist — Humans Are Not Just Another Animal

Of course we are animals in the strictly biological sense, as are clams, flies, and bacteria. But not in the moral sense. Read More ›

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