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Michael Egnor
Date
April 30, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Computers, Edward Feser, Featured}

Computers Are No Smarter Than Tinkertoys

_{Philosopher: You may as well believe that Penn and Teller really do magic} _{Michael Egnor
April 30, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Philosopher Ed Feser wrote a great post recently on why it is irrational to believe that artificial intelligence is really intelligent. He begins with Arthur C. Clarke’s famous observation that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Clarke’s assertion, he points out, can be taken two ways: people can be fooled into thinking that advanced technology is magic and, as a metaphysical assertion, that advanced technology really is magic. He defends the first assertion and, of course, denies the second: There are, however, many people who believe a claim that is analogous to, and as silly as, the metaphysical thesis that sufficiently advanced technology really is magic — namely the claim that a machine running a sufficiently advanced computer Read More ›

Still from Proto, a short film on YouTube

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Adam Nieri
Date
April 18, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
Featured, Films, Science fiction}

A Mind Matters Review: Sci-Fi Shorts for the Weekend

_{A Mind Matters Review: Sci-Fi Shorts for the Weekend} _{Adam Nieri
April 18, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

This week, check out a sci-fi short reminiscent of Wall-E and learn why letting an AI raise your child might not be the best solution to parenting.

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News
Date
April 18, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Work

Tagged
Automation, Creative freedom, Dallas launch, Jay Richards, Robots, The Human Advantage}

Jay Richards: Creative Freedom, Not Robots, Is the Future of Work

_{In an information economy, there will be a place where the human person is at the very center} _{News
April 18, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Work}

The Officially Smart people are telling us two scenarios, good and bad, about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), says Jay Richards, a research professor at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. He disagrees with both.

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Bradley A. Alaniz and Jed Macosko
Date
April 16, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Military, Natural Intelligence

Tagged
Featured, Vladimir Putin, warfare}

Why AI Can’t Win Wars As If Wars Were Chess Games

_{Is Vladimir Putin right? Will whoever leads in AI rule the world? It’s not so simple} _{Bradley A. Alaniz and Jed Macosko
April 16, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Military, Natural Intelligence}

Whichever country becomes a leader in the sphere of AI and IA will do well. But whichever countries end up following, mindlessly, the advice of these tools will do so at their own great peril.

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Robert J. Marks
Date
April 15, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Algorithm-of-the-Gaps, Big Data, Featured}

Big Data Can Lie: Simpson’s Paradox

_{Simpson’s Paradox illustrates the importance of human interpretation of the results of data mining} _{Robert J. Marks
April 15, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence}

Simpson’s Paradox illustrates the need for seasoned human experts in the loop to examine and query the results from Big Data. Could AI be written to perform this operation? Those who say yes are appealing to an algorithm-of-the-gaps.

George Gilder, Jay Richards, and Robert J. Marks at Dallas Launch of Walter Bradley Center

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News
Date
April 9, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Events

Tagged
Dallas launch, Robert J. Marks}

Robert J. Marks: Are There Things About Human Beings That You Cannot Write Code For?

_{Bradley Center director Marks asks that question, relating the Center’s goals to human aspirations} _{News
April 9, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Events}

“I think the most interesting and the most testable thing humans can do that you can’t write code for is creativity,” Dr. Marks told the gathering. Understanding AI properly should lead to celebration rather than fear.

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Adam Nieri
Date
April 4, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
DUST, Science fiction}

A Mind Matters Review: Sci-Fi Shorts of the Week

_{With human input, Sunspring starts to make sense} _{Adam Nieri
April 4, 2019

3

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

This week, watch a collaboration between deep learning and human creativity produce something far more coherent than Sunspring. And check out an animation on the pitfalls of emotional intelligence.

Baylor University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Walter Bradley recalled for the audience at the Dallas launch, November 4, 2018

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News
Date
April 2, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Events, Social Factors

Tagged
Dallas launch, Featured, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center}

Walter Bradley: Tell People about AI, not Sci-Fi

_{His struggle to bring reality to“sci-fi” origin of life research is the Center’s inspiration} _{News
April 2, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Events, Social Factors}

The Bradley Center hopes to have a similar effect by promoting more general knowledge of fundamental issues around “thinking computers and the real effects of technology on human well-being.

Circuit board. Electronic computer hardware technology. Motherboard digital chip. Tech science EDA background. Integrated communication processor. Information CPU engineering 3D render background

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Eric Holloway
Date
March 28, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
halting oracle}

The Flawed Logic behind “Thinking” Computers, Part III

_{No program can discover new mathematical truths outside the limits of its code} _{Eric Holloway
March 28, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Not only is it valid to ask whether artificial intelligence is impossible but the argument can be pursued on a scientific basis with quantifiable, empirical evidence.

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Eric Holloway
Date
March 28, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
halting oracle, Mathematics}

The Flawed Logic behind “Thinking” Computers, Part II

_{There is another way to prove a negative besides exhaustively enumerating the possibilities} _{Eric Holloway
March 28, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

I am publishing, in three parts and with his permission, an exchange with Querius, who is looking for answers as to whether computers can someday think like people. In the first part, we discussed why human thinking cannot be indefinitely compressed. Here is the second part: Recapping for myself what I said in Part I and mulling it over: “If all symbol strings do have a shorter representation, then so must their shorter representations. Thus, we’d end up concluding that all symbol strings can be represented by nothing, which is incoherent.” Wait, I’m getting lost. “Therefore, we conclude that only some symbol strings have a compressed representation. As a consequence, compression intelligence is only true if the physical effects of Read More ›

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Eric Holloway
Date
March 28, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Kolmogorov complexity}

The Flawed Logic behind “Thinking” Computers, Part I

_{A program that is intelligent must do more than reproduce human behavior} _{Eric Holloway
March 28, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

If an algorithm that reproduces human behavior requires more storage space than exists in the universe, it is a practical impossibility that also demonstrates the logical impossibility of artificial intelligence.

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Robert J. Marks
Date
March 26, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
_longform, Frankenstein Complex, Sophia}

AI and the Seductive Optics of the Frankenstein Complex

_{The fact that some AI makes you feel creepy is a part of its success} _{Robert J. Marks
March 26, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

One of the factors contributing to fear of AI is the Frankenstein Complex.1 The term, coined by sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov2, originally described fear of the “mechanical man” in the science fiction of old. The complex is named for the young scientist, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, protagonist of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. He stitches human body parts together to create a monster. There is no AI in the story; he brings the monster to life based on an intelligence that was assumed to be resident in biology. “Frankenstein’s monster” later came to be called simply “Frankenstein.” Thomas Edison first filmed the story as a silent movie in 1910 but Boris Karloff’s depiction of the monster in Read More ›