Author: Peter Biles
Putting AI to the “Tolkien Test”: Could It Pass?
Could ChatGPT ever hope to get close to the creative depth found in Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?
While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct.
An Ape with Evolution on His Mind
“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human.
Science Gone Wrong, Thanks to a Hasty Transhumanist
“40,000 years of evolution and we’ve barely even tapped the vastness of human potential.”
Life with Screens: A Novelist’s Prophetic Warning
David Foster Wallace foresaw the rise of the Internet and its pantheon of seductions.