Tag: Walter Bradley Center
An Invitation: Science, Culture, and the COSM Conference
Discovery is getting ready to enter into a conversation with leaders in the information and technology industry, centered in Seattle.
Egnor Uprising: A Neurosurgon Takes on Materialism
One currently common view, eliminative materialism, says there is nothing to the mind except what goes on in the brain.
Robert J. Marks: Humor, Ambiguity, and AI
Dr. Marks thinks it’s possible that AI may improve in its ability to resolve ambiguous language. Right now it’s not looking so good.
Robert Marks: Materialism and the AI Delusion
Since humans are only the “result of purposeless, as-yet-unidentified physical phenomena,” machine are not in any way blocked from becoming what we are and much, much more.
Egnor Imagines: Professor Terminated; Replaced by Bonobo
“The search committee interviewed several apes, three mules, and a tomato plant.”