Tag: Los Angeles
For Better or Worse? Robert J. Marks on Our AI Future
Mine is among the less weighty problems facing AI ethics, a subject I was glad to see Dr. Marks addressing.
Cultural Chaos Has Long Roots, Millennia Before Darwin
As I’m writing this, some rioters have gathered (literally) across the street from our Seattle office, on their way to a “protest” at City Hall.
Spooked by Sternberg: From the Introduction to Plato’s Revenge
All familiar thinking about the genome assumes that it is, of course, purely material. From this premise, biologist Richard Sternberg radically departs.
Fossil Friday: Saber-Toothed Tigers Originated Multiple Times
No explanations offered, but no intelligence allowed either. Maybe scientists should stop shutting their eyes and ears to what nature wants to tell them.
Artificial General Intelligence: AI’s Temptation to Theft Over Honest Toil
The worry is — and it’s a legitimate worry — that our environments will increasingly be altered to accommodate AI.