Tag: algorithm
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.
In Bats and Other Animals, Evidence of Common Design in a Magnetic Compass
There has been little data previously to confirm that mammals navigate long distances using the earth’s geomagnetic field.
What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?
The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege.
Human Exceptionalism — Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Tell a Story
The personal, communicative nature of storytelling rules out AI as a legitimate author. It can’t intend meaning.
Iterations of Immortality
The calculus made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that made possible the modern world.