Tag: algorithm
Great Minds: How Darwinism and AI Are Oversold, Often at the Same Time
The Center for Science & Culture and the Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence share more than the commonality of being sponsored by Discovery Institute.
Lennox, Marks: Uploading the Mind Would Mean Eternal Death
Dreams of god-like immortality achieved through uploading the mind have a serious drawback, one among others. A computer operates algorithmically, strictly so, whereas the mind does not.
Marks on the AI Church: “The Singularity Is Far”
New religions, including one centered on Artificial Intelligence, follow a stereotyped pattern.
Stocking Stuffers: Smart Squirrels, DNA Origami, and More
Here’s a collection of short news items of interest from the animal and human worlds.
Denton, Gilder: The Biology of Surprise
Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism is just a blunt recipe, an algorithm, and it can only select what is immediately functional.