robot Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 26, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , adrenaline, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, computer science, DNA, emotions, engineers, feelings, free will, Google, human cells, imagination, LaMDA, life, love, machines, materialists, René Descartes, self-awareness, sentience, software, soul, Stanford University, toaster, Washington Post, William Hurlbut Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human” Wesley J. Smith June 26, 2022 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind 7 A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›
Kissinger 3 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 18, 2018 CategoriesHuman ExceptionalismNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , __k-review, artificial intelligence, cognition, computation, computers, Enlightenment, Henry Kissinger, human beings, machines, money, personhood, Pinocchio, The Atlantic, toaster, transhumanism Kissinger: A.I. Machines Won’t “Think” Wesley J. Smith May 18, 2018 Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 3 Transhumanists and other anti-human exceptionalists have been arguing of late that artificial-intelligence machines are destined to become so sophisticated that they will become “self-aware.” Read More ›
Blade Runner Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date October 4, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsHuman ExceptionalismTechnology Tagged , __edited, artificial intelligence, computers, determinism, life, machines, moral agency, moral value, robots, Smithsonian Magazine, toaster Blade Runner 2049 Poses Questions about AI Machines and Moral Value Wesley J. Smith October 4, 2017 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Technology 4 Rather than get all caught up in esoteric musing, I suggest an entry level test for determining whether an entity has any moral value. Read More ›
Toaster Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 30, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __k-review, artificial intelligence, Christianity, human rights, Judaism, machine, personhood, salvation, toaster, worship No Machine, However Sophisticated, Will Ever Possess “Rights” or “Eternal” Significance Wesley J. Smith August 30, 2017 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 3 “Strong AI” machines would have no more moral importance in and of themselves than a toaster. Read More ›
