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Futuristic AI robot in priest attire stands inside church and preaching. Setting combines traditional religious elements with advanced technology, showcasing unique blend of past and future.

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
April 24, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Religion

Tagged
AI, Catholicism, Chatbot, ChatGPT, Christianity, father justin, llm, religion, Twitter}

Father Justin, a Chatbot, is Absolving Sinners

_{Critics are calling for the AI priest to be "taken down immediately."} _{Peter Biles

April 24, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion}

Catholic Answers is a “media ministry that serves Christ by explaining and defending the Catholic faith,” according to their description on X. For Catholic observers, it serves as a good resource for deepening one’s faith and finding clarification on certain Catholic doctrines. However, the site recently introduced a controversial new member to the team: Father Justin, a chatbot “priest” designed to help answer people’s questions about Catholicism. In defense of this AI app, Catholic Answers said, As a leading Catholic apostolate, Catholic Answers is committed to leveraging the latest technologies to advance its mission of explaining and defending the Catholic faith. The Father Justin app is the latest example of this commitment, providing a new and appealing way for searchers Read More ›

University college audience or lecture room with students as back to school education study and learning during conference presentation and training seminar meeting

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Author
Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith
Date
April 23, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, gemini, Google, LLMs}

Universities Should Prioritize Critical Thinking Over Large Language Models

_{It is doubtful that LLMs can generate novel ways to boost productivity} _{Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith

April 23, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

Improvements in our standard of living depend on productivity growth, which is often fueled by creative ideas that are particularly valuable because, unlike coal, timber, and other physical resources, they can be used repeatedly and simultaneously by many people in many places. Productivity growth has slowed in recent years, a trend that prominent economists writing the American Economic Review attributed to a dearth of new ideas: Our robust finding is that research productivity is falling sharply everywhere we look. Taking the US aggregate number as representative, research productivity falls in half every 13 years: ideas are getting harder and harder to find. The authors estimated that, compared to 50 years ago, it now takes 18 times as many researchers to Read More ›

Data reflecting on eyeglasses on man's face. Computrer programmer big data and ux designer concept

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Author
Jeffrey Funk
Date
April 22, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AGI, AI, Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Futurism, Mars, Progress, Tech}

AI’s Illusion of Rapid Progress

_{It always seems to be on the verge of perfection} _{Jeffrey Funk

April 22, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

The media loves to report on everything Elon Musk says, particularly when it is one of his very optimistic forecasts. Two weeks ago he said: “If you define AGI (artificial general intelligence) as smarter than the smartest human, I think it’s probably next year, within two years.” In 2019, he predicted there would be a million robo-taxis by 2020 and in 2016, he said about Mars, “If things go according to plan, we should be able to launch people probably in 2024 with arrival in 2025.” On the other hand, the media places less emphasis on negative news such as announcements that Amazon would abandon its cashier-less technology called “Just Walk Out,” because it wasn’t working properly. Introduced three years Read More ›

Big data and artificial intelligence concept. Machine learning and cyber mind domination concept in form of women face on dark blue technology background, 3d illustration.

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
April 21, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Evolution, Featured, Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, YouTube}

Joe Rogan Spins Bizarre Take on Evolution and AI

_{The podcaster thinks AI could become "God"} _{Peter Biles

April 21, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

Joe Rogan recently sat down with Tucker Carlson to have an often-bizarre conversation that involved everything from UFOs to evolution to saunas. Rogan’s comments on artificial intelligence, however, were some of the most provocative of the exchange, and reflected a sentiment common among futurists and transhumanists: AI could become a life form, evolve, and replace the human race. Rogan situates his views by noting that only humans think humans are important. In the grand scheme of the cosmos, human life is inconsequential. He went on to note that AI could become “God,” and evolve to a certain point where it would basically know everything there is to know. The question is: why would anyone want that, and why should that Read More ›

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Author
Caitlin Cory
Date
April 19, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
capitalism, cole smead, COSM, COSM 2023, Electronics, George Gilder, Graphene, Jay Richards, Medicine, renewable energy}

Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than a human in 2025: Why he’s wrong

_{The superficial glibness of LLMs is a wonderful example of the adage that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing} _{Gary Smith

April 16, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Based on extensive training on untold amounts of text, LLMs are able to repackage superficially compelling answers that they literally do not understand. Read More ›

artificial intelligence deepfake AI image of a woman mixed with robotic tech elements

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
April 13, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Politics

Tagged
Artificial intelligence and deepfake confessions, CCTV (China Central Television), Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Deepfake suicides, Forced confessions, Joseph Stalin, Kai Strittmatter, Li Zhuang, Mary Hong, Safeguard Defenders, Scripted and Staged (2018), We Have Been Harmonized (book)}

Deep Fake Videos Can Upgrade Political Humiliation and Rule by Fear

_{AI human impersonation video technology promises rule by terror to degrees never before imagined} _{Richard W. Stevens

April 13, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Politics}

When propaganda is easily generated, millions fully embrace their inability to know the truth. They can’t so it doesn’t matter and never will. Read More ›

Effektives arbeiten im Büro mit der KI, nicht gegen die KI

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Author
Gary Smith
Date
April 11, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial intelligence (AI) limitations, Damion Hänkejh, Elon Musk on artificial intelligence, Herbert Simon on AI capabilities, Marvin Minsky on AI capabilities, Yann LeCun on future of AI}

The AI Hype Machine Just Rolls On, Living on Exhaust

_{Even chatbot enthusiasts, are starting to admit that scaling up LLMs will not create genuine artificial intelligence} _{Gary Smith

April 11, 2024

6

Artificial Intelligence}

Decades of geniuses trying to build computers that are as intelligent as they are have shown how truly remarkable our brains are—and how little we understand. Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
April 11, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Creativity, mind, Robert J. Marks}

Meta AI Scientist: AGI is a Pipe Dream

_{Human intelligence still can't be matched by a soulless algorithm} _{News

April 11, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

Predictions on AI’s ever-developing complexity have tech optimists counting the days until the machine replaces the human mind. Artificial general intelligence is the term they use to describe the point in which AI will officially overtake human intelligence. However, certain experts in the field, among them Robert J. Marks, host of the Mind Matters podcast, protest the assumption. AI researcher and scientist Yann LeCun, the AI chief at Meta, said recently that the current AI systems are nowhere close to achieving human-like intelligence. LeCun said, “We’re easily fooled into thinking they are intelligent because of their fluency with language, but really, their understanding of reality is very superficial,” he said. “They’re useful, there’s no question about that. But on the Read More ›

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Author
Eric Holloway
Date
April 10, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Military

Tagged
Albrecht Gessler, conflict, Endogenous information, Exogenous information, Goals in conflict, war, William Tell}

How Could Intelligent Design Help Us In a Conflict?

_{Well, what would happen if Daffy Duck teams up with Marvin the Martian?} _{Eric Holloway

April 10, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Military}

In war, the goal is to eliminate a threat as quickly as possible, given available resources. We try to hit the center of a target with the fewest arrows. A key mathematical concept of intelligent design, active information, captures this dilemma. It also helps us understand the role of artificial intelligence might play in wartime. Active information Active information is the difference between two sources of information. Picture archers shooting at a target: 1. Endogenous information: What is the size of the target? And how difficult is the target to hit? It is the difference between hitting a squirrel and hitting the moon. 2. Exogenous information: How skilled the archer is who is firing the arrows? What difference does the Read More ›

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Author
Caitlin Cory
Date
April 9, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AGI, AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Computer science, Consciousness, COSM, COSM 2023, Futurism, George Gilder, George Montanez, Technology, William Dembski, YouTube}

COSM 2023 Now on YouTube!

_{COSM 2023 explored the nature of artificial intelligence, as well as its future potential and risks.} _{Caitlin Cory

April 9, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

You can now watch the 2023 COSM Technology Summit on YouTube. If you weren’t able to attend, or perhaps you want to revisit some of your favorite speakers, we are now releasing the second tranche of videos for your enjoyment. Click here to go to the COSM 2023 Playlist on YouTube! COSM 2023 explored the nature of artificial intelligence, as well as its future potential and risks. Stephen Wolfram spoke about his efforts to make the world more computable so that computers can help us understand the world. Afterward, George Gilder and Bob Metcalfe joined him in a fascinating discussion about Turing machines, neural networks, and AI-driven language models. A panel featuring William Dembski, Robert Marks, and George Montanez offered Read More ›

Front view, Capitol dome building at night, Washington DC, USA. Illuminated Home of Congress and Capitol Hill. Artificial Intelligence concept, hologram. AI, machine learning, neural network, robotics

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
April 9, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence}

The AI Bandwagon & Biden’s Executive Order

_{There are dangers and AI mitigation is needed. The question, though, is how .} _{Robert J. Marks

April 9, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

On Oct 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. A follow-up OMB Policy for management of AI was announced on March 28, 2024. Swallowing AI hype, the AI directive kills a fly with grenade just in case there are other flies nearby. AI remains an exciting often mind-blowing technology, but hyped futuristic depictions of AI in The Terminator and The Matrix are unrealizable science fiction. Unlike humans, AI will never understand what it is doing, be creative or experience qualia. AI is a tool. Like electricity or thermonuclear energy, it can be used for good or evil. Or can be the source of unforeseen accidents ranging from frayed house wiring to Chernobyl. Read More ›

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and modern computer technologies concepts. Business, Technology, Internet and network concept.

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Author
News
Date
April 9, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence}

Is Sam Altman Losing Popularity?

_{People who know Altman are getting tired of his antics} _{News

April 9, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

In November of 2023, just a year after the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Sam Altman was ousted from his post as CEO. Days later, he waltzed back in and retook the throne, snagging a new board in the process. Even though the talk of the drama has died down since then, with other issues, like the 2024 election, taking center stage, it’s still worth wondering why all that happened in the first place. According to Insider and Gizmodo, people familiar with Altman worry that he’s more in it for himself than for the good of humanity. Altman often uses grandiose rhetoric on how AI will enhance and perhaps even define the humanity of the future. (In a good way, of Read More ›

Modern fridge in room on the wooden floor, 3D rendering

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
April 4, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, appliances, domestic life, fridge, Tech}

I Don’t Need an AI Refrigerator, but Thanks

_{We need to clarify what AI is good for and what it would only complicate} _{Peter Biles

April 4, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

The AI hype seems to know no bounds. Is there any sphere of life the optimists will leave untouched? AI techies are coming for home appliances now, too, because it isn’t enough that our refrigerators store our food for us; we need them to refashioned top-down into AI bots that can spin out recipes for us. The main problem with this domestic infestation of AI is the simultaneous invasion of privacy, as noted in a recent Futurism article. Also, it’s just a hassle to keep up with. There’s no doubt there are certain things AI simplifies, like facial recognition on apps and generating an email via ChatGPT, but when I’m in the mood for a frozen burrito, there’s really only Read More ›

Large Language Models - Generative AI illustration

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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
April 3, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Bill Dembski, ChatGPT, Dall-E, Generative AI, LLMs, Midjourney, trust, truth}

Can We Trust Large Language Models? Depends on How Truthful They Are

_{Just because a piece of tech is highly sophisticated doesn't mean it's more trustworthy} _{William A. Dembski

April 3, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

The trust we put in Large Language Models (LLMs) ought to depend on their truthfulness. So how truthful are LLMs? For many routine queries, they seem accurate enough. What’s the capital of North Dakota? To this query, ChatGPT4 just now gave me the answer Bismarck. That’s right. But what about less routine queries? Recently I was exploring the use of design inferences to detect plagiarism and data falsification. Some big academic misconduct cases had in the last 12 months gotten widespread public attention, not least the plagiarism scandal of Harvard president Claudine Gay and the data falsification scandal of Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne. These scandals were so damaging to these individuals and their institutions that neither is a university president any longer. When I queried Read More ›

AI chatbot - Artificial Intelligence digital concept

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
April 2, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Language

Tagged
Chatbot training and bias, Chatbots and political bias, David Rozado, Political bias and chatbots}

Are Chatbots Biased? The Research Results Are In

_{The results are obvious and dramatic. Inject the preferred training materials and the chatbot will “believe” whatever the post-trainer intended} _{Richard W. Stevens

April 2, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Language}

People have noticed political biases in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot systems like ChatGPT, but researcher David Rozado studied 24 large language model (LLM) chatbots to find out. Rozado’s (preprint) paper, “The Political Preferences of LLMs,” delivers open access findings from very recent research, and declares: When probed with questions/statements with political connotations, most conversational LLMs tend to generate responses that are diagnosed by most political test instruments as manifesting preferences for left-of-center viewpoints. The Chatbots’ Landslide of Opinion As reported in the New York Times, the paper restates that “most modern conversational LLMs when probed with questions with political connotations tend to generate answers that are … left-leaning viewpoints.” Using the verb “tend to” makes the conclusion appear tepid. The Read More ›

Alma Mater statue near the Columbia University library.

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
March 29, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

Who Needs Teaching Assistants? Bring In the Bots, Please

_{In defense of a human-led humanities} _{Peter Biles

March 29, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

According to Philosophy Nous, the Dean at Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences suggested that a group of teaching assistants going on strike be replaced conveniently by artificial intelligence. It would be a much cheaper option while the TAs demand higher pay and benefits, and would, apparently, accomplish the same desired ends. The dean, Stan Sclaroff, is a computer scientist. Another article from the same publication makes a list of reasons why philosophers are declining across the country, and why philosophy and humanities departments are getting cut. Justin Weinberg writes, Weinberg goes on to call for a renewed advocacy of philosophy and the study of the liberal arts more broadly. “Selling” philosophy as a worthy undertaking in and of Read More ›

Group of students using laptops and other devices in classroom.

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Author
News
Date
March 29, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence}

ChatGPT: The Enemy of Memorization

_{New research documents memory loss among frequent ChatGPT users} _{News

March 29, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

Recent research has illustrated a troubling connection between the use of ChatGPT and memory loss and falling academic performance among college students. The logic of the linkage makes sense; when students rely on AI to write their papers or organize all of their information, they forego the need to ingest and memorize the material themselves. More than merely failing to remember what they learn, the ChatGPT addict risks never learning the material in the first place. Frank Landymore, speaking on a new study on the topic, writes at Futurism, Perhaps unsurprisingly, the researchers found that students under a heavy academic workload and “time pressure” were much more likely to use ChatGPT. They observed that those who relied on ChatGPT reported Read More ›

Flint sparking matchstick for authentic ignition. Concept Fire starting, Survival gear, Camping essentials, Emergency preparedness

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Author
Jeffrey Funk
Date
March 27, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, AI bubble, AI hype, Generative AI, Technology}

Sundar Pichai Says AI Will Be as Big as Fire

_{The AI bubble is going to pop.} _{Jeffrey Funk

March 27, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence}

Ask someone how big AI will be, and the answer is likely huge. But how big is huge? Why does this matter? Because big forecasts encourage big investments, trials, and purchases. After big consulting companies predicted eight years ago that AI would have economic gains of about $15 trillion by 2030, many countries and companies felt the need to pay for their own reports from those same consultants. Of course, those consultants said that those countries could experience rapid productivity gains and those companies could experience rising profits if they implemented AI in the right way, which was of course under the guidance of the consulting companies! Eight years later and few of their predictions have come true. But their Read More ›

Digital law concept. Law scales at data center. Abstract background

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
March 25, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Law

Tagged
AI categories of risk (in EU law), Artificial Intelligence Act (EU 2024), Artificial Intelligence Act (EU 2024) and government control, Death by Government (Routledge 1994), Transparency and EU AI law}

EU’s Massive New AI Law Won’t Stop Worst-Case Systems

_{The Act is drafted using legal language that confers broad additional power to governments} _{Richard W. Stevens

March 25, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Law}

At minimum, the AI Act serves humanity by identifying the many ways AI endangers fundamental human rights as well as human peace and prosperity. Read More ›