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Strong-Sounding Argument? The Devil Is in the Premises

Looking for the Achilles’ heel of a strong-sounding argument? Turn it around and examine its premises
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Visual fusion of atomic and nuclear fission processes, energy interaction and particle transformation

COSM 2026: Rediscovering and Reflecting on the Human Advantage

Author and commentator Jay Richards will guide discussions on how we can best benefit from the age of machines
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Engineers use cyber robot software to control industrial robot arms in factories The automated production process is controlled by experts using Internet-connected IOT software.

We Asked AI To Assess Stocks’ Fate If an AI Bubble Pops

The responses we got as to defensive choices of stock were the lucid and confident output of text predictors
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Bear and bull on dark background with stock market chart. Generative AI

Why Advanced AI Programs Can’t Create New Math

In the hoopla over AI math proofs, a simple constraint is typically overlooked
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Algorithm math equations of Artificial intelligence neural network - illustration rendering

AI Chatbots Pose Unique Dangers for Young People

In an interview, psychologist Sherry Turkle, author of Artificial Intimacy, spells out the problems in terms of loss of socialization
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young people with cell phones acting like zombies or junkies

For C.S. Lewis fans: AI is not N.I.C.E.

C.S. Lewis’s novel That Hideous Strength got drafted into the AI wars — on the wrong side
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Tyranny rules through fear, using intimidation to maintain control

Assisted Suicide, Here We Come — in the Wake of the Midterms

The primary hope of preventing legalization in these states rests with the disability rights community, which sees — correctly, in my view — assisted suicide as targeting them
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Syringe with anaesthetic drug - Propofol, ready for infusion.

The AI Bubble Is Popping and the Noise Is Loud

Political changes, particularly the rejection of data centers for high speed transmission, play a big role. But other questions loom
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The financial graph dramatically plunges downward, next to a illuminated dollar symbol, symbolizing economic recession and market decline. ..Created with Generative AI, not depicting real subjects.

COSM 2026: Top Forbes Editor To Ask Hard Questions Re the Economy

Steve Forbes — along with other distinguished panelists — will ask the big question: Is the economy in Takeoff, Glide Path, or Stall mode?
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Red and green arrows on a stock market graph, showcasing economic uncertainty

Is The AI Bubble Really Popping Now?

The bond (and stock?) market says yes
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Soap bubble in front of stock market screen representing fragility of financial markets, economic speculation, risk, and market trend forecasting

COSM 2026: Tackling a Big Question — What Makes a Mind?

AI has turned an old philosophical question into an urgent one. A COSM 2026 panel will feature the claim that the mind is like a computer
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Human head profile formed by digital circuitry and glowing data streams representing artificial intelligence and advanced neural network machine learning

Change: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Is No Longer a Figure of Fun

It is suddenly becoming acceptable for mainstream academics to platform alternatives to Darwin’s theory
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Statue en bronze de Lamarck à Paris. France