Can We Make Money by Losing Money?
Yes, sometimes. Human ingenuity isn’t simple arithmeticWhile the learning curve is not an exact science, the interesting part, in my view, is that such a non-physical mechanism can be measured at all.
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Can Big Data Game Bestseller Lists?
Intellectual snobbery makes some Bestseller and Top Ten lists an obvious target
A Mind Matters Review: Sci-Fi Shorts for the Weekend
A Mind Matters Review: Sci-Fi Shorts for the Weekend
Jay Richards: Creative Freedom, Not Robots, Is the Future of Work
In an information economy, there will be a place where the human person is at the very center
Why AI Can’t Win Wars As If Wars Were Chess Games
Is Vladimir Putin right? Will whoever leads in AI rule the world? It’s not so simple
Does Social Ability Distinguish Human Intelligence from That of Apes?
Not altogether, of course, but it plays a bigger role than we sometimes assume
Big Data Can Lie: Simpson’s Paradox
Simpson’s Paradox illustrates the importance of human interpretation of the results of data mining.
The Origin of Language Remains Obscure
One problem is that information is not measured in science in a way that relates to matter and energy.
Researchers: Yes, Plants Have Nervous Systems Too
Not only that but, like mammals, they use glutamate to speed transmission
Walter Bradley Center Fellow Discovers Longstanding Flaw in an Aspect of Elementary Calculus
The flaw doesn't lead directly to wrong answers but it does create confusion.
Robert J. Marks: Are There Things About Human Beings That You Cannot Write Code For?
Bradley Center director Marks asks that question, relating the Center’s goals to human aspirations
Study: Cats Do Recognize Their Names
Responses to the study, which attracted a good deal of attention, demonstrated many of the misconceptions that naturalism fosters.
Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human ‘Improvement’
Transhumanists don’t seem much interested in such real improvements in the human condition. They want quick, easy technological fixes
I spy AI. And AI spies on me…
The true threat posed by AI is the greatly reduced cost and risk of mass surveillance and manipulation
A Mind Matters Review: Sci-Fi Shorts of the Week
With human input, Sunspring starts to make sense
Does “Alien Hand Syndrome” Show That We Don’t Really Have Free Will?
One woman’s left hand seemed to have a mind of its own. Did it?
If Thoughts Were Data, Machines Could Write
Human experience is what makes sense of the written word
AI Is Not a Simple Fix for Plagiarism
The internet speeded up a perennial problem without changing it
Walter Bradley: Tell People about AI, not Sci-Fi
His struggle to bring reality to“sci-fi” origin of life research is the Center’s inspiration
Your Phone Is Selling Your Secrets
You’d be shocked to know what it tells people who want your money
The Flawed Logic behind “Thinking” Computers, Part III
No program can discover new mathematical truths outside the limits of its code.
