^TagAI Delusion (book)

close-up view of robot playing chess, selective focus

^{Type
podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks and Larry L. Linenschmidt
Date
August 27, 2020

Tagged
AI Delusion (book), Alan Turing, algorithm, Algorithm-of-the-Gaps, Algorithmic Information Theory, algorithmic intelligence, AlphaGo, Ambiguity, Artificial Intelligence, China, Chinese Room, Computer History, Computer science, Creativity, David Gelernter, Deep Blue, Deep Learning, ethics, Gary Smith, George Gilder, Go (game), human brain, hype, IBM Watson, Jay Richards, Larry L. Linenschmidt, Neural networks, non-algorithmic, Peter Thiel, qualia, Quantum Computing, Reinforcement learning, Robert J. Marks, self-driving cars, STEM fields, Supercomputers, Swarm intelligence}

Bingecast: Robert J. Marks on the Limitations of Artificial Intelligence

_{Robert J. Marks and Larry L. Linenschmidt

August 27, 2020

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Robert J. Marks talks with Larry L. Linenschmidt of the Hill Country Institute about nature and limitations of artificial intelligence from a computer science perspective including the misattribution of creativity and understanding to computers. Other Larry L. Linenschmidt podcasts from the Hill Country Institute are available at HillCountryInstitute.org. We appreciate the permission of the Hill Country Institute to rebroadcast this Read More ›

^{Type
podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks and Gary Smith
Date
December 26, 2019

Tagged
AI Delusion (book), Algorithm-of-the-Gaps, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Barack Obama, Big Data, Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan, Chamath Palihapitiya, Chinese Room, data analytics, Diederik Stapel, Douglas Hofstadter, Edward Leamer, Facial Recognition, Gary Smith, Hillary Clinton, IBM Watson, J. B. Rhine, John Ioannidis, John Searle, Neural networks, non-algorithmic, Oren Etzioni, Roger Schank, spurious correlations, stock market, Texas Sharpshooter Fallacies, The Winograd Schema Challenge, Zener cards}

Bingecast: Is Cheese Consumption Causing Deaths from Tangled Sheets?

_{Robert J. Marks and Gary Smith

December 26, 2019

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Those dealing with data must always remember “If you torture data long enough, it will confess to anything.” The answers that computers give must themselves be questioned. Robert J. Marks and Gary Smith address artificial intelligence, spurious correlations, and data research on Mind Matters. Show Notes 01:34 | Introduction to Gary Smith, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona Read More ›

^{Type
podcast

Author
Larry L. Linenschmidt and Robert J. Marks
Date
December 19, 2019

Tagged
AI Delusion (book), Algorithm-of-the-Gaps, AlphaGo, Ambiguity, Artificial Intelligence, China, Chinese Room, Creativity, David Gelernter, Deep Blue, ethics, Gary Smith, George Gilder, Go (game), IBM Watson, Jay Richards, Larry L. Linenschmidt, Neural networks, Peter Thiel, qualia, Reinforcement learning, Robert J. Marks, self-driving cars, Swarm intelligence}

The Unexpected and the Myth of Creative Computers – Part II

_{Larry L. Linenschmidt and Robert J. Marks

December 19, 2019

2}

Robert J. Marks talks with Larry L. Linenschmidt of the Hill Country Institute about the misattribution of creativity and understanding to computers. This is Part 2 of 2 parts. Other Larry L. Linenschmidt podcasts from the Hill Country Institute are available at HillCountryInstitute.org. We appreciate the permission of the Hill Country Institute to rebroadcast this podcast on Mind Matters. Show Read More ›

Group of kids walk over high log in the forest finding balance with hands one after another view from bellow

^{Type
post

Author
News
Date
September 9, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
AI Delusion (book), CIty Journal, Edward Feser, Featured, Gary Smith}

If Computers Are Intelligent, Climbing a Tree Is Flying

_{That, says Edward Feser, is the take-home message from Gary Smith’s book, The AI Delusion} _{News

September 9, 2019

3

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

The book’s message is that “the real danger of artificial intelligence is that it will remain dumber than we are,” but we will think it is smarter.

AI Delusions: A Statistics Expert Sets Us Straight

_{We learn why Watson's programmers did not want certain Jeopardy questions asked} _{News

June 14, 2019

6

Artificial Intelligence}

If you ask about anything that’s a puzzle, joke, riddle, or sarcasm that you can’t look up in Wikipedia, computers are helpless.

1: IBM’s Watson Is NOT Our New Computer Overlord

_{AI help, not hype: It won at Jeopardy (with specially chosen “softball” questions) but is not the hoped-for aid to cancer specialists} _{Robert J. Marks

December 31, 2018

10

Artificial Intelligence}

One problem that has dogged Watson has nothing to do with AI or medicine. The journalism around the introduction of projects like Watson is long on the Gee Whiz! An Electronic Brain! It Won at Jeopardy! And it is short on systematic inquiry as to outcomes versus goals. Read More ›

Data graph on monitor showing correlation

^{Type
post

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
December 17, 2018

Categorized
Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
AI Delusion (book), Big Data, Featured, Gary Smith, John Marshall, Longform, Machine Learning, medical data, medical research, Statistical fallacies}

Study Shows Eating Raisins Causes Plantar Warts

_{Sure. Because, if you torture a Big Data enough, it will confess to anything} _{Robert J. Marks

December 17, 2018

9

Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Enormous data sets compiled by Big Data methods have a higher probability of meaningless correlations than smaller ones compiled by traditional methods. More than ever, common sense is needed. And common sense only comes from programmers writing their own common sense into the software. Read More ›