Some claim that AI is merely a very sophisticated tool that will lead to stunning societal improvements, while others worry about potential dark negative effects.
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For secularists who do not take this story literally, it can also be understood as a metaphorical literary device on the fall of Man, as there is no doubt that anyone who tries to play the part of God ends up ‘toast’ and buried.
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Some tech bros are even questioning the corporate benefits from generative AI, a year after academic analyses started questioning them.
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The age of AI is upon us and is already changing the way we conduct our lives. What is the optimal division of tasks between humans and machines? On this episode of Mind Matters News, host Robert J. Marks welcomes psychologist Dr. Joe McDonald to the podcast to explore the relationship between cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence (AI). Dr. McDonald is an expert in cognitive psychology and human factors research. He is the CEO and Principal at Jumpseat Research, a firm that applies cognitive science principles to improve technology design and user experiences. Dr. McDonald has over 15 years of experience in this field, holds a PhD in Human Factors from Georgia Tech, and is passionate about empowering people through technology.
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The addiction of constantly scrolling is like we are forever searching for something in a kind of eternal loop to reach a perfected digital fix of some sort.
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AI is having impact everywhere. But what about global outreach initiatives? And specifically Christian missions? How are those in the mission field using artificial intelligence? On this episode of Mind Matters News, host Robert J. Marks and co-host Jonathan Swindell welcome Dr. Don Barger to the show. Barger is the Director of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence at the International Mission Board. Don works with new technology, especially AI, and helps people use it in smart and responsible ways. He thinks a lot about how AI can help in real-life situations, especially in global missions. He also understands the limits of AI and what it cannot do. In this conversation, we’ll discuss how AI is changing the world, how AI should be used responsibly in global outreach initiatives to other cultures and peoples, and what it all means for the future.
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Human beings possess a unique and powerful innovative energy that can bring forth new things that did not exist before.
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After spending three days conversing with Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude about a range of topics, noted atheist Richard Dawkins acknowledged that he was now open to the possibility that artificial intelligence may possess consciousness.
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The way AI is creeping into our cultural and religious institutions is worth keeping an eye on, especially since so many of us look to these places to understand what it means to be human in the first place.
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YouTubers are quickly replacing the A-list celebrities, and while I’m surprised to see the studios going along with this trend, I’m not at all disappointed, and, for the first time in a long time, I’m hopeful for the future of entertainment.
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Let’s say robots were to become sentient, humans would still be the cause of that consciousness, even when they began to self-replicate, their understanding of the world would still come from humanity.
Read More ›The hype around AI is reaching fever pitch these days. But never mind predictions of future AI potential. What can it actually do and not do today? On this episode of the Mind Matters News podcast, host Robert J. Marks welcomes Dr. Donald C. Wunsch II to the show for a long-form, wide-ranging conversation about what AI can actually do today—and the very real risks and responsibilities that come with it.
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Will the bubble pop or is the pullback another false alarm? In any case, the extraordinary claims will likely continue and perhaps even accelerate as AI startups push their IPOs and companies become fearful of the bubble popping.
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Ideas like love, beauty, and so on are part of the human experience because humans sense them; they don’t always agree on the particulars, but they intuitively know that these ideas exist.
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Spielberg fails to understand that obsession is not love, and if David were really human, he would know that.
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Many graduating students may just want a simpler life where they can work, afford to live, and enter life-giving relationships.
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Science Fiction writers have over the past 100-plus years been warning us about the horrors of a dystopian future, but now we are reaching the point where such Sci-Fi stories are now becoming ‘Faction’.
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Whenever David talks about Monica loving him, he’s always bringing up the things she’ll do for him, not what he can do for her.
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The new law would require telephone service providers to “at a minimum, obtain and retain the name, physical address, government issued identification number, and an alternate telephone number of any new and renewing customer before granting access to its services.”
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David mentions that the first thing he remembered seeing was a bird with outstretched feathers, but it turns out that this initial visual was not a bird at all but a man with feather-like symbols beneath his feet.
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