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The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Read More ›
Ray Kurzweil
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Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms

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 ›
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Artificial Intelligence: Unseating the Inevitability Narrative

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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