Tag: understanding
Nature’s Wonder — A Tale of Two Scientists
Charles Darwin described an atrophied sensitivity to “grandeur” that he noted in himself.
Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI
A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese.
The Difference Between Humans and Machines
Why do news headlines continually suggest that AI is practically human already, and soon will become fully human?
Marks: Non-Computable You Won’t Achieve Immortality Through an AI Machine
Dreams of achieving immortality by having your consciousness uploaded, merging man and computer in the predicted 2045 “Singularity,” are just that — dreams.
No Pony in the Manure, No Consciousness in the Code
These AI champions are appealing to the Software of the Gaps, a secular cousin of the God of the Gaps.