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Does your brain construct your conscious reality? Part II
In a word, no. Your brain doesn't "think"; YOU think, using your brain
Does your brain construct your conscious reality? Part I
A reply to computational neuroscientist Anil Seth's recent TED talk
I, Robot, am gathering dust in the sales room …
Why do robotics experts think that customers will warm to robots because they look like people?
Google boss quits, writes satirical novel
The novel is said to be so far-fetched that it captures the environment
Remember those awful Seventies TV ads?
The new “attention economy” killed that kind of advertising. But what now?
People-friendly robots company shuts down
The “cobots,” robots that can work with people, got the pink slip—for now
Who built AI? You did, mostly
Along with millions of others, you are providing free training data
Is Free Will a Dangerous Myth?
The denial of free will is a much more dangerous myth
Knowledge is power, sort of…
If that’s ALL knowledge is, the resulting science is bound to be limited, says Michael Egnor
Deep Learning won’t solve AI
AlphaGo pioneer: We need “another dozen or half-a-dozen breakthroughs”
When machine learning results in mishap
The machine isn’t responsible but who IS? That gets tricky
Are sex robots a cure for loneliness?
Maybe, in a culture where people see themselves as machines
Can a stuffed toy turn into a robot?
Maybe to amuse a sick child? With the right skin, yes.
George Gilder talks tech at World News Daily
In a three-part interview the tech philosopher explains why he thinks Google is doomed
Google is collecting data on schoolkids
Some say it’s okay because the firm supplies a lot of free software and hardware to schools
Children are watching much less TV
But what we learned from children’s TV is coming back to haunt us
Will AI triumph?
Will that phone end up smarter than your kid?
Do either machines—or brains—really learn?
A further response to Jeffrey Shallit: Actually, brains don’t learn either. Only minds learn.