Tag: future
Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”
German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience.
Oxford Mathematician John Lennox Reviews AI Predictions Through the Ages
With Robert J. Marks, Dr. Lennox discusses AI’s cousin, transhumanism, its surprising history, and its potentially very dark future.
John Lennox: What (Not) to Expect of Artificial Intelligence in 2084
A key question as we move toward this future, says Lennox, is what does it mean to be human?
Michael Aeschliman in National Review — Berlinski Detonates “Fatuous, Flattering” Optimism
From climate change to the coronavirus, one tendency among writers and commentators is to an urgent, insatiable, almost sexual desire to cast unwarranted terror over other people.
Richards: False Prophecies of a Robotic Future Are Based on a False Darwinian Premise
The rejoinder to this way of thinking, which Jay Richards expresses with wonderful concision, is that humans possess a unique capacity forever setting us apart from machines.