Tag: technology
"Swarm" Science: Why the Myth of Artificial Intelligence Threatens Scientific Discovery
In the last year, two major well-funded efforts have launched in Europe and in the U.S. aimed at understanding the human brain using powerful and novel computational methods.
From Sticky Barnacles to Battery-Powered Dogs, Biomimetics Offers More Powerful Testimony to Intelligent Design
My little daughter is dejected because the sole on her favorite pair of boots keeps falling off.
Bill Gates Joins Stephen Hawking in Fears of a Coming Threat from "Superintelligence"
Superintelligence is the currently trending idea of soon-to-come super-smart robots, the latest iteration of the decades-old dream of Artificial Intelligence.
Interstellar Unwittingly Argues that Permitting Design Inferences Is Necessary to Good Science
I known, I know, it’s only a movie. If you’ve seen it then I hope that the following will make perfect sense to you.
Your Computer Doesn’t Like You
Intelligence, as denoted in "artificial intelligence," corresponds roughly to what Aristotle meant by intellect and will.