CategoryArtificial Intelligence
Autonomous AI War Technology Delivers Killer Robots
AI systems are designed to always carry out the mission. A software logic problem in special situations is a worst-case scenario that we must expect
The Linda Problem Revisited, As If Reality Matters
Part 2: AI enthusiasts use false claims for humans' “natural stupidity” to bolster claims for machine intelligence
Chicago Sun-Times Used AI to Create Fake Summer Book List
The blind trust in AI continues
Why Smart Cities Are a Dumb Idea
Seattle, in its current state, feels like the ghost of a promise — an uncanny blend of technological optimism and visible collapse
Why the Human Mind Is Not and Cannot Be a Meat Computer
On this week’s podcast, Robert J. Marks and Eric Holloway explain why that claim — sometimes called computationalism — is not even mathematically possible
Companies Spending A Lot on AI Are Not Seeing A Big Return
Target and WalMart are reversing course, cutting back on self-checkout
Artificial Intelligence Is Nothing Like a Brain — or a Mind
Neurons share basic mechanisms, but almost all other features vary both between types of neurons and individual ones
Can AlphaFold Handle Disordered Proteins? A Biophysicist Says Yes
Jed Macosko takes issue with Erik J. Larson’s assessment here at Mind Matters News that proteins with no fixed order are likely to stump AI
AI in Biology: The Future AI Didn’t Predict
It doesn’t look like the past. Physical systems that evolve over time but don’t follow a fixed formula have always presented a deep challenge to AI
AI in Biology: The Disease Connection — When Proteins Go Wrong
Some of the most crucial proteins for human health—the ones we need to understand most urgently—are the very ones that AI has the hardest time modeling
Today’s Startups Are Doing Much Worse Than Those of the Past
The percentage of startups profitable at IPO time has steadily declined since the 1980s and most valuable ones take longer to become profitable
How to Build an AI Company: Advice from a Seasoned Entrepreneur
In the podcast, Copps emphasized the necessity of remaining flexible and open to change: “Don’t be married to your idea.”
AI in Biology: So Is This the End of the Experiment? No.
But a continuing challenge is that many of the most biologically important proteins don’t adopt a single stable structure. Their functions depend on structural fluidity
No End in Sight for AI’s Invasion into Higher Education
Teaching students to write is to teach them to think
AI in Biology: What Difference Did the Rise of the Machines Make?
AI works very well for proteins that lock into a single configuration, as many do. But intrinsically disordered ones don’t play by those rules
AI in Biology: AI Meets Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Protein folding — the process by which a protein arrives at its functional shape — is one of the most complex unsolved problems in biology
AI Entrepreneur Seeks To Empower Others Through Innovation
David Copps came back from split-brain surgery determined to use his entrepreneurial skills to empower others.
Why Humans Aren’t That Biased, and Machines Aren’t That Smart
Claims about the cognitive biases that supposedly overwhelm our judgment should be taken with a helping of salt