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Ohio State to Require Students to Learn “AI Fluency”
The university is embracing, rather than rejecting, AI
AI Still Can’t Think
It can only create the appearance of thought
Monday Micro Softy 30: Driving a Cement Mixer
Why did the car with leaky tires suddenly start handling like a cement mixer, and then, just as suddenly, handle normally again?
How Can We Conceive of Perfection When We Never Experience It?
As Euthanasia Looms, How to Save the Hospice Movement
Often now people approach me after a speech or call in on talk radio to tell me that they do not trust hospice to properly care for their loved ones.
Human Mind: Logic Shows Abstract Thought Is an Immaterial Power
Neuroscience evidence helps us see the spiritual nature of our minds but we can use the power of our reason to demonstrate that too
The Callous Cruelty of Canadian Euthanasia Illustrated
A death doctor was willing to kill Paula, despite knowing that many of her problems were social
Why Behaviorism Failed as a Leading Theory in Psychology
The human mind, like the origin and development of life itself is not reducible to merely physical processes
Terminator Dark Fate: The “Family” Robot
Part 5: The idea that the robot Carl mechanically evolves a conscience is introduced but never explained
The Limits of What We Can Learn From Studying Creativity
In this third and final part of my essay, I look at what sets us apart from machines: Our capacity to leap from commonsense inferences to entirely new ways of understanding reality
Big Tech’s Recent Big Admission: Chatbots Are Not Very Reliable
Here in Part 2, I discuss Stanford prof Jeremy Utley’s hype video in the context of that and other sobering facts
Michael Egnor on Faith, Reason, and the Architecture of Reality
In this week’s podcast, discussion with Robert J. Marks, he talks about the relationship between arguments from philosophical reasoning and faith
Should We Use Generative AI Chatbots to Spark Our Creativity?
What if we become so disconnected from human ways of knowing that real life relationships, desires, and reality itself begins to shrivel away?
Wesley J. Smith: Why Is Assisted Suicide So Popular So Suddenly?
Smith argues that the purpose of society itself is shifting for many people
Adult Content Site Leaves France Due to Age Verification Law
Will other countries follow suit?
AI Blackmail & Clickbait: Give Us Dirty Laundry
Despite all the hype about AI threatening blackmail, here’s what really happened…
If AI Takes Too Many Jobs, Could the Birth Rate Plummet?
AI's potential impact on birth rates and the working class
Stranger Things: Why Mad Scientists Are Mad
At the highest levels, creativity seems to bypass the deliberate, structured thought process altogether
Two Neurosurgeons on Life, Death, Eternity and What Truly Matters
Lee Warren interviews Michael Egnor on the just-released book, The Immortal Mind
Clare Morell Advocates for a Phone-Free Childhood
Moderation won't work. Families need to take the tech exit
Briefs
Smartphones in North Korea — a surveillance paradise
Famous Harvard ethics researcher fired for data fraud
Jobs that are safe from AI — and why they are
Will white collar work really be obsolete any time soon?
Hawk learns to monitor traffic signals to catch urban prey
AI is booming in every way except in productivity
OpenAI announces that it will remain a non-profit — sort of
AI developer wants to try to translate animal languages
Study: Another crow first — crows can detect geometric shapes
Why chatbots commonly make so many false statements
Videos
Science Uprising 10: Asking the Impolite Questions About AI
Is It Really the End for Silicon Valley or Just a Reboot?
COSM 2021: Kai-Fu Lee Tries His Hand at Future Casting
