Tag: human beings
Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma
Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.”
Artificial Intelligence Is a Pandora’s Box. What’s in There? Find Out Tomorrow!
Get a glimpse at 7:30 pm as we live-stream Discovery Institute’s launch of the new Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence.
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
On Independence Day, it’s appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens.
Animal Ownership and Antebellum Slavery — An Odious Comparison
Favored by the animal-rights movement, the idea is misanthropic, and I would say, implicitly racist.
Kissinger: A.I. Machines Won’t “Think”
Transhumanists and other anti-human exceptionalists have been arguing of late that artificial-intelligence machines are destined to become so sophisticated that they will become “self-aware.”