Tag: artificial intelligence
Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human “Improvement”
Peter Clarke claims that I was “clearly fearmongering,” but then admits, “this depiction is fairly accurate.” Okay, then.
Marks on the AI Church: “The Singularity Is Far”
New religions, including one centered on Artificial Intelligence, follow a stereotyped pattern.
Why We Don’t Evolve Software: A Computer Scientist Considers Darwinian Theory
Software engineers are trained in design principles, and also have real experience of how complex functional systems appear and change constructively.
Unbelievable: Science Fiction, Science Fact, and How to Tell the Difference
My box of books just arrived. Now you know what all of my family and best local friends are getting for Christmas this year.
Great Minds: Marks, Medved on Human Exceptionalism’s Two Frontiers
There are fundamental, unbridgeable chasms on either side, animal and machine. The capacity for creativity, for one thing, stands permanently outside the reach of algorithms.