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Author
John G. West
Date
December 8, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence}

In the Era of ChatGPT, Bradley Center and Mind Matters News Defend the Irreplaceable Human

_{From the COSM conference, a groundbreaking new book, and hundreds of perceptive articles, the Bradley Center has had a significant and successful year.} _{John G. West

December 8, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Editor’s Note: Mind Matters News is sponsored by the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, a program of the non-profit Discovery Institute. We rely on donations from individuals like you to continue to operate. If you have benefited from Mind Matters News, would you consider an end-of-year donation to support our work in 2024? You can find more about the work of the Bradley Center in 2023 in the article below. This year the seemingly-miraculous capabilities of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs) dominated public discussions about artificial intelligence (AI). While many pundits and tech writers openly wondered whether ChatGPT portended humanity’s doom, the Bradley Center provided a clear voice in defense of the continuing need for Read More ›

An artificial intelligence robot writer creating generative AI writing

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Author
News
Date
December 7, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Creativity

Tagged
Aitana (AI model), chatbots, Creativity vs computation, Eric Holloway, Hollywood Writers' Strike 2023, Laura Llach, Model collapse, Predictive text, Reed Alexander, Robert J. Marks, Rubén Cruz}

Can AI Write Screenplays for Films You’d Want to See?

_{That issue was the heart of the Hollywood writers’ strike. How was it resolved? Or WAS it resolved?} _{News

December 7, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Creativity}

AI can replace screenwriters only if you are content to see the same-old same-old every day forever. That’s true no matter who owns the technology. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
December 5, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, AI art, Author, Beauty, ChatGPT, mind, Picasso, YouTube}

Why AI Can’t Create Genuine Beauty

_{AI, though a helpful tool in certain contexts, cannot replace the intentionality and creativity of the human person.} _{Peter Biles

December 5, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

If our experiences are all just brain chemicals responding to different gradations of light, it would seem nigh impossible to defend beauty. Read More ›

Robotic hand using wooden geometrical shapes at during machine learning. 3d illustration.

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Author
News
Date
December 5, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Security, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Andy Greenberg, Gary Smith on chatbots, Joseph Weisenbaum, Marco Ragni, Philip Johnson-Laird, Sarah Wells, Turing Test (and chatbots), Turing Test weaknesses}

Why the Turing Test Is Becoming Obsolete

_{Chatbots can easily pass the test without doing any thinking at all} _{News

December 5, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Computer Security, Philosophy of Mind}

One research team recommends replacing the Turing test (can it deceive humans?) with tests for actual reasoning skills. Read More ›

Chinese flags on barbed wire wall in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China.

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Author
News
Date
December 5, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Censorship, Global Technology, Religion, Surveillance

Tagged
Cai Xia, Heather Zeiger, neo-totalitarianism, Neo-totalitarianism in China, Panopticon and Xinjiang, Uyghurs, Xinjiang, Xinjiang as demo project for all-China surveillance}

China: An inside look at Neo-Totalitarianism

_{Writing in the journal Dignitas, Heather Zeiger outlines the Chinese government’s attempt at total control of the everyday life of residents of XinJiang province} _{News

December 5, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Censorship, Global Technology, Religion, Surveillance}

This approach to government — a hybrid of totalitarian aspirations and advanced AI surveillance techniques — has been called neo-totalitarianism. Read More ›

Funny pixelated boss sunglasses on new blue background. Gangster, Black thug life meme glasses . Pixel 8bit style. Color of the Year 2022. Very Peri

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Author
News
Date
December 4, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, AI art, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Dall-E, memes, Midjourney}

From Memes to Hodgepodge

_{AI again makes an odd mish-mash out of images, this time with memes} _{News

December 4, 2023

2

Artificial Intelligence}

If you go through the slideshow provided at the Gizmodo link, you'll see the blatant distortions in the human faces to the point they're almost unrecognizable. Read More ›

robot article editor writing publicity post robotic journalist copywriting selection and verification artificial intelligence vector scene

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
November 29, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, ai plagiarism, fake author, journalism, sports illustrated, Writing}

Sports Illustrated Used AI-Generated Authors

_{Human authors for a human audience, please.} _{Peter Biles

November 29, 2023

2

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

Maybe some people like to read articles written by Dave the algorithm who lives and writes from Fiji, but I am not among them. Read More ›

3d white room with opened door. Brick wall

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Author
Erik J. Larson
Date
November 28, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligene, ChatGPT, Colligo, Erik Larson, Microsoft, Sam Altman}

Is ChatGPT a Dead End?

_{There is still no known path to Artificial General Intelligence, including ChatGPT.} _{Erik J. Larson

November 28, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

I have friends and colleagues who’ve gone almost religious about LLMs and conversational systems like ChatGPT. They tell me it’s true AGI. I disagree. Read More ›

Chat with AI or Artificial Intelligence. Young businessman chatting with a smart AI or artificial intelligence using an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI.

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
November 27, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Microsoft, Sam Altman}

Okay, Never Mind. Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI

_{The OpenAI CEO is back after a brief absence.} _{Peter Biles

November 27, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

OpenAI is creating technology that, in Altman's view, apparently needs to be fairly tightly regulated. And yet...he's responsible for creating it. Read More ›

Fuse burning on black background isolated

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Author
Erik J. Larson
Date
November 22, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Culture, Colligo, Mission Impossible, Movies and TV, Silicon Valley, Substack, the entity}

What Mission Impossible Tells Us About AI Mythology

_{If you’re looking for an intelligent take on existential risk and superintelligent AI, the latest Mission Impossible movie is not for you.} _{Erik J. Larson

November 22, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

If you’re looking for an intelligent take on existential risk and superintelligent AI, the latest Mission Impossible movie is not for you. Read More ›

3d abstract render of blue glass cubes in grid forming data trend

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
November 20, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Microsoft, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Tech}

Sam Altman Out at OpenAI, Microsoft Picks Him Up

_{Will Microsoft become the prime leader in the AI movement, and what will be the future of OpenAI?} _{Peter Biles

November 20, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

According to the Wall Street Journal, Altman was "shocked" that he was ousted at OpenAI. But, he also fostered a close connection with Microsoft. Read More ›

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

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Author
Erik J. Larson
Date
November 17, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Computers, internet, ontology, Statistics, web}

Why ChatGPT Is Killing Off Traditional AI

_{We're living in another AI "winter"} _{Erik J. Larson

November 17, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Since it doesn’t know anything in the first place, there’s no way to talk it into sanity once it goes insane. Read More ›

Futuristic autonomous vehicle cockpit. Interior of unmanned car cockpit with digital screens. Created with Generative AI

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
November 17, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, cars, Congress, governmnent, Technocracy}

Congress Boosts “Kill Switch” Technology to Control Drivers

_{Federal agency power poised to extend to your every move.} _{Richard W. Stevens

November 17, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Any device that supplies evidence in a legal case would need to be evaluated for validity and reliability. Read More ›

Panoramic view on planet Earth globe from space. Glowing city lights, light clouds. Generative AI

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Author
Jeffrey Funk
Date
November 14, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Productivity Increase Will Take Time in the Age of AI

_{An acceleration in productivity growth from AI isn’t right around the corner, despite promises by economists.} _{Jeffrey Funk

November 14, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

If we look at the papers presented at the conference, we can’t find evidence that AI is or will improve productivity. Read More ›

History of science, concept. Isaac Newton with Apple in hand

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Author
Erik J. Larson
Date
November 13, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Isaac Newton, The Economist}

Don’t Expect AI to Revolutionize Science

_{Data science is a downstream phenomenon. Thinking isn't.} _{Erik J. Larson

November 13, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

We need to start asking tough questions about what happened to the role of human thinking and insight in the discovery of how the world, and we, work. Read More ›

Young woman cycling in the park at sunset

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Author
Gary Smith
Date
November 10, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence}

Computers May Know “How” but They Still Don’t Know “Why”

_{Computers will not equal, let alone surpass, human intelligence.} _{Gary Smith

November 10, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Computers will not equal, let alone surpass, human intelligence until they move beyond how to why by appraising causality. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
November 9, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, COSM 2023, digital inbreeding, Model collapse, William Dembski}

Will Digital Inbreeding Be the End of AI?

_{Without the creative input of humans, AI is doomed to deteriorate.} _{Casey Luskin

November 9, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

AI training on itself needs fresh creative material on which to train or algorithms will feed off themselves in recursive cycles and degenerate into nonsense. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
November 8, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Casey Luskin, ChatGPT, Chinese Room experiment, Consciousness, COSM 2023, Turing Test}

Does Passing the Turing Test Guarantee We’ve Created True AI?

_{A true test of AI will be able to distinguish between AI and human intelligence.} _{Casey Luskin

November 8, 2023

3

Artificial Intelligence}

AI might give us impressive answers to our questions. But that doesn’t mean they have a humanlike understanding of what is going on. Read More ›

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Author
Gary Smith
Date
November 8, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, benzon, Chatbot, ChatGPT, faux intelligence, LLMs}

LLMs Are Still Faux Intelligence

_{Large language models are remarkable but it's a huge mistake to think they're "intelligence" in any meaningful sense of the word.} _{Gary Smith

November 8, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

It is wishful thinking to interpret these results and other LLM performances as evidence of logical reasoning. Read More ›

Human multicolored iris of the eye animation concept. Rainbow lines after a flash scatter out of a bright binary circle and forming volumetric a human
eye iris and pupil. 3d rendering background 4K

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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
November 7, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence}

At COSM ’23, Futurist Ray Kurzweil Preaches the Gospel of Artificial Intelligence

_{The technology futurist thinks AI is humanity's destiny.} _{Casey Luskin

November 7, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Kurzweil’s argument essentially assumes humanity is completely good and therefore if AI reflects (is “trained on”) us, then it will also be completely good. Read More ›