Tag: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Artificial General Intelligence: The Creation Exceeding the Creator
Is artificial intelligence at a tipping point, with AGI ready to appear in real time? Or is AGI more like many other themes of science fiction?
Artificial General Intelligence: An Idol for Destruction
Idols are always frauds because they substitute a lesser for a greater, demanding reverence for the lesser at the expense of the greater.
The Search for ET Artifacts Misses the Elephant
Now that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is fully operational, there is renewed chatter about the possibility of discovering extra-terrestrial life.
Croft, Continued: I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens
Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis.
Darwinism, Storytelling, and the Futurist ET Myth
The implication is clear: the alien monolith has somehow bequeathed to him and his little tribe a sudden quantum leap in brain power.