Tag: Alan Turing
Josh Swamidass on Artificial Intelligence at the University of Washington
I have to admit the event was kind of dull compared with the Behe debate. But Josh gave a nice presentation with AI/consciousness basics.
Great Minds: Robert Marks, Michael Medved on the Limits of Computation
There’s no danger of computers ruling us, but there is a peril in employing them to greatly magnify the impact of our own errors.
Great Minds: Medved and Gelernter on Human Exceptionalism, American Exceptionalism
The human mind is exceptional in the universe as the United States is exceptional on the face of the Earth.
Hype and Fearmongering About Artificial Intelligence Passes Its Sell-By Date
The attribution of superpowers to coming generations of AI machines has entered self-parody territory.
On Origin of Life and More, Ideological Correctness Plagues Science
Ian O’Neill discusses origin-of-life research, and bizarrely restricts the explanations to “fluke” or “physics.”