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Cropped photo of businessman analyzing business diagram, marketing statistics and finance market graphs on laptop monitor in the office.

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Author
Gary Smith
Date
September 25, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Algorithms, causation, Correlation, data, Graphs}

Confusing Correlation with Causation

_{Computers are amazing. But they can't distinguish between correlation and causation.} _{Gary Smith

September 25, 2023

7

Artificial Intelligence}

Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are terrific at discovering statistical correlations but terrible at distinguishing between correlation and causation. A computer algorithm might find a correlation between how often a person has been in an automobile accident and the words they post on Facebook, being a good software engineer and visiting certain websites, and making loan payments on time and keeping one’s phone fully charged. However, computer algorithms do not know what any of these things are and consequently have no way of determining whether these are causal relationships (and therefore useful predictors) or fleeting coincidences (that are useless predictors). If the program is black box, then humans cannot intervene and declare that these are almost certainly irrelevant coincidences. Even if Read More ›

Visualizatipon of human consciousness in artificial intelligence, process of thinking robot. Humanoid android on dark background with neurals connection. Created with Generative AI

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Author
David Hsing
Date
September 6, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Can AI be concious, ChatGPT, Coding, Consciousness, David Hsing, Decision, Funtionalism, Machine Learning, mind, Noncomputability}

Artificial Consciousness Remains Impossible (Part 2)

_{A machine no more “does things on its own” than a catapult flings by itself.} _{David Hsing

September 6, 2023

11

Artificial Intelligence}

Read part one of this article series here. The following segments are responses to specific categories of counterarguments against my thesis, which you can read in part one of this article HERE. Please note that these responses do not stand on their own and can only be seen as supporting my main arguments from the first part. Each response only applies to those who hold the corresponding objections. “You can’t provide proof of intentionality and qualia because they’re subjective” If your mind doesn’t possess intentionality, “the power of minds to be about, to represent, or to stand for, things, properties, and states of affairs,” then you wouldn’t be able to understand any word on this screen in front of you Read More ›

Cloud data computing and neural network, cross-media marketing mesh representing connections, monitor screen in perspective

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Author
News
Date
July 24, 2023

Categorized
Technology

Tagged
Algorithms, Botipedia, COSM, Google, Insead, Phil Parker, Search Engine Tech, Technology, Totosearch, Wikipedia}

You Control the Algorithm

_{Watch Dr. Phil Parker discuss how he and his team have developed revolutionary new search engine technology} _{News

July 24, 2023

1

Technology}

For today’s featured video from a past COSM conference, watch Dr. Phil Parker, INSEAD Chair Professor of Management Science and Founder of Botipedia, discuss how his team has unlocked the power of algorithm-based content creation to create the revolutionary new search engine technology of Botipedia/Totosearch, which promises to be a dramatic improvement over Wikipedia and Google. We’ve been sharing a number of lectures from past COSM conferences. This video is just one of many you can find at the Bradley Center’s YouTube page. There you’ll find several lectures, interviews, and panels dealing with issues that range from economics, Big Tech, and artificial intelligence. Notable speakers include 2022 Kyoto Prize winner Carver Mead, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, and George Gilder, co-founder of Discovery Institute and author Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
June 6, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Algorithms, Blake Lemoine at COSM 2022, COSM 2022, Discovery Institute, Jay Richards, Robert J. Marks, Sentience and AI, Understanding}

AI’s Lack of Understanding

_{How are we to view AI in an era where it increasingly seems to mimic human intelligence so well?} _{News

June 6, 2023

1

Artificial Intelligence}

We’ve been highlighting a number of interviews from last year’s COSM conference, which attracted many of the most celebrated and respected engineers, scholars, and scientists from around the country. In today’s featured clip, George Montañez, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College, shares his perspective on COSM 2022’s panel on artificial intelligence—areas of agreement and disagreement about the nature and future of artificial intelligence. Montañez, like Robert J. Marks, with whom he shared the panel, thinks AI is impressive and that we’ve made incredible strides in the field of computation, but maintains that these systems lack understanding and sentience. Blake Lemoine, the other panelist in the conversation, thinks AI is capable of a bit more than mere algorithmic Read More ›

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Author
Gary Smith
Date
March 31, 2023

Categorized
Mathematics

Tagged
AI, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Axis, ChatGPT, Gary Smith, Graphs, Logarithm, Models}

An Illusion of Emergence, Part 2

_{A figure can tell a story but, intentionally or unintentionally, the story that is told may be fiction} _{Gary Smith

March 31, 2023

5

Mathematics}

I recently wrote about how graphs that use logarithms on the horizontal axis can create a misleading impression of the relationship between two variables. The specific example I used was the claim made in a recent paper (with 16 coauthors from Google, Stanford, UNC Chapel Hill, and DeepMind) that scaling up the number of parameters in large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can cause “emergence,” which they define as qualitative changes in abilities that are not present in smaller-scale models but are present in large-scale models; thus they cannot be predicted by simply extrapolating the performance improvements on smaller-scale models. They present several graphs similar to this one that seem to show emergence: However, their graphs have the logarithms of Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
December 29, 2022

Tagged
addiction, AI, algorithmic, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, board certified, detox, Dr. Richard Hurley, Dr. Robert J.Marks, drug addiction, drugs, fentanyl, Fentanyl lollypops, gastrointestinal issues, hospitals, ileum pouch, insurance companies, non-algorithmic, opioid crisis, opioids, oxycontin, percodan, prescription drugs, Richard Hurley, Robert J. Marks, surgery, withdrawl}

The Practice of Medicine and Ongoing Issues with Opioid Addiction

_{Robert J. Marks

December 29, 2022

1}

How does our brain chemistry affect addiction? How has artificial intelligence changed medicine? Anesthesiologist Dr. Richard Hurley discusses opioid addiction from a medical perspective with host Dr. Robert J. Marks. Then, an anonymous guest details their own experience with opioids. Finally, Dr. Hurley discusses how computer algorithms have both improved and stifled the proper practice of medicine. Additional Resources

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Author
News
Date
December 9, 2022

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alexander Lukashenko, Algorithms, Computers as persons, Featured, Non-Computable You (book), Robert J. Marks, Wesley J. Smith}

Computers Are Not Persons Because Computing Is Not Thinking

_{Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks discusses the issues with human dignity advocate Wesley J. Smith} _{News

December 9, 2022

5

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Recently, Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks interviewed human dignity advocate Wesley J. Smith on the seeming science fiction question of “Can a computer be a person?” (November 10, 2022, podcast 212): https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/11/Mind-Matters-212-Robert-Marks.mp3 Here are a couple of highlights: About Alexa: Wesley J. Smith: I was going to ask you about Alexa because she may come on in behind me. Of course, she’s not a she. That’s just a female-sounding voice. But I can ask, we’ll call her A, so she doesn’t come on, what time it is and she’ll tell me immediately. I can tell her to play certain music and she’ll play it immediately. How does that operate? I mean, she’s not… That program is not intelligent, Read More ›

A salesperson working in an office on a virtual call

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podcast

Author
Wesley J. Smith and Robert J. Marks
Date
November 10, 2022

Tagged
AI, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computers, Consciousness, Humanize, immortality, Non-Computable You (book), Robert J. Marks, Sentience, transhumanism, Wesley J. Smith}

Can a Computer Be a Person?

_{Wesley J. Smith and Robert J. Marks

November 10, 2022

1}

Are we on the verge of the era of machines? Is AI destined to supplant most human endeavors and activities? Can a computer be deemed a person? And if so, should that computer be granted rights as part of the moral community? Will we ever attain immortality by uploading our minds into computers as transhumanists predict? And what the heck Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
November 3, 2022

Tagged
Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, Algorithms, AlphaGo, chatbots, Eugene Goostman, Non-Computable You (book), Non-Computable You book excerpt, Robert J. Marks, Selmer Bringsjord, Swarm intelligence (bullies vs. dweebs), the imitation game, Turing Test}

An Excerpt from Chapter Two of Non-Computable You

_{Robert J. Marks

November 3, 2022

1}

What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will by Mind Matters podcast host Robert J. Marks is now available in audiobook form. Listen now to an excerpt from the second chapter as read by Larry Nobles. Will machines someday replace attorneys, physicians, computer programmers, and world leaders? What about composers, painters, and novelists? Will tomorrow’s supercomputers duplicate and exceed humans? Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
October 6, 2022

Tagged
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Room, Human intelligence, John Searle, non-algorithmic, Non-Computable You (book), Non-Computable You book excerpt, qualia, Robert J. Marks}

Get a Sneak Peek of the New Non-Computable You Audiobook

_{Robert J. Marks

October 6, 2022

1}

Will machines someday replace attorneys, physicians, computer programmers, and world leaders? What about composers, painters, and novelists? Will tomorrow’s supercomputers duplicate and exceed humans? Are we just wetware, natural computers doomed to obsolescence by tomorrow’s ultra-powerful artificial intelligence? Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will by Mind Matters podcast host Robert J. Marks is now available in Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
August 25, 2022

Tagged
AI swarm, Algorithms, Animal Algorithms, Animal Algorithms (book), Ants, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Eric Cassell, Evolution, genetic entropy, Homing Pigeon, Ingenious Instincts, Insects, Monarch Butterfly, Navigational Cues, Orphan Genes, Path Integration, Pheromone, Polarization, Sun Polarization, Swarm intelligence, trail pheromone, World War I, World War II}

Animal Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence

_{Robert J. Marks

August 25, 2022

1}

Did you know that animals have built-in algorithms? Some of these amazing algorithms allow animals to migrate to new places and navigate back to previous locations. Insects also have a wide variety of fascinating social behaviors. Where did they come from? Eric Cassell, author of Animal Algorithms, discusses animal algorithms, artificial intelligence, instincts, and irreducible complexity with Robert J. Marks. Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
May 19, 2022

Tagged
addiction, AI, algorithmic, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, board certified, Dr. Richard Hurley, drug addiction, drugs, fentanyl, hospitals, insurance companies, non-algorithmic, oxycontin, percodan, prescription drugs, Richard Hurley, Robert J. Marks, surgery}

Good and Bad Algorithms in the Practice of Medicine

_{Robert J. Marks

May 19, 2022

1}

Computers and artificial intelligence are restricted to being algorithmic. If something is non-algorithmic, it is not computable. Creativity, nuance, and insight are human characteristics that are non-algorithmic. What happens if you remove those human characteristics from the practice of medicine? Robert J. Marks and Dr. Richard Hurley discuss how algorithms can help and harm the practice of medicine. Show Notes Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
January 6, 2022

Tagged
Algorithms, Animal Algorithms, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Eric Cassell, Evolution, Homing Pigeon, Monarch Butterfly, Navigational Cues, Path Integration, Polarization, Robert J. Marks, Sun Polarization, World War I, World War II}

The Astonishing Algorithms That Allow Animals to Navigate & Migrate

_{Robert J. Marks

January 6, 2022

1}

An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure to perform a specific task. We usually think of algorithms as being performed by computers. Did you know that animals have built-in algorithms of their own? Some of these amazing algorithms allow animals to migrate to new places and navigate back to previous locations. Eric Cassell discusses his new book, Animal Algorithms, with Robert Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
September 30, 2021

Tagged
Alan Turing, algorithmic intelligence, Algorithms, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, code-breaking, Colossus computer, Connectome, Data Mining, DeepMind, Ergodicity, front running, Gaming AI, Gaming AI (book), George Gilder, Gregory Chaitin, John von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, Lee Sedol, life after google, mind, Mind Brain, Mind-Brain Distinction, Nematode worm, Neural networks, protein folding, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks, stock market, Tony Stretton, Turing Machine, zettabyte}

George Gilder: An Economic Genius Talks About Gaming AI

_{Robert J. Marks

September 30, 2021

1}

George Gilder talks to Robert J. Marks about his book Gaming AI: Why AI Can’t Think but Can Transform Jobs. Show Notes 00:00:45 | Introducing George Gilder 00:03:30 | Is AI a new demotion of the human race? 00:04:59 | The AI movement 00:06:39 | DeepMind and protein folding 00:11:42 | Code-breaking in World War II 00:13:50 | Interpreting between Read More ›

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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
August 30, 2021

Categorized
Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Global Technology, Law

Tagged
Algorithms, Big Data, China, China Consumers Administration (CAC), Chinese Communist Party (CCP), consumer data laws, critical information infrastructure, Critical Information Infrastructure Security Protection Regulations, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), data privacy laws, Data Security Law, Didi Global Inc., European Union, Facial Recognition, General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), Jack Ma, Personal Information Protection Law, Xi Jinping}

China’s Data Laws Restrict Businesses and Favor the State

_{The Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law are part of the Chinese government’s plan to steer the private sector toward State goals} _{Heather Zeiger

August 30, 2021

8

Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Global Technology, Law}

In previous articles, I looked at how the Chinese government is reigning in China’s tech sector first of Jack Ma and Ant Group’s initial public offering on the Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock exchanges and then Didi Global, Inc. The Chinese government has since passed two data laws and released an update that clarifies the 2017 Cybersecurity Law. The result is better protections of citizens’ data from being used, exploited, or sold by private companies, and encroaching government presumption of the private sector in which the State has virtually unrestricted access to and jurisdiction over private companies’ data. Clarification of the 2017 Cybersecurity Law The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) gained oversight powers over other state agencies in 2014 under Xi Jinping. Jane Read More ›

Cold fresh lemonade with slices of ripe lemons.

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Author
Gary Smith
Date
August 16, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, facial recognition technology, Gary Smith, Lemonade}

Insurance Company Gives Sour AI Promises

_{Data collection and discriminatory algorithms are turning Lemonade sour} _{Gary Smith

August 16, 2021

7

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

An insurance company with the quirky name Lemonade was founded in 2015 and went public in 2020. In addition to raising hundreds of millions of dollars from eager investors, Lemonade quickly attracted more than a million customers with the premise that artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can estimate risks accurately and that buying insurance and filing claims can be fun: Lemonade is built on a digital substrata — we use bots and machine learning to make insurance instant, seamless, and delightful. Adding to the delight are the friendly names of their bots, like AI Maya, AI Jim, and AI Cooper. The company doesn’t explain how its AI works, but there is this head-scratching boast: A typical homeowners policy form has 20-40 Read More ›

Restaurant automation service concept. Robot waiter serving a tray with a bottles and wine glass. Two wheels robotic character on yellow wall, gray floor background. copy space

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Author
Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk
Date
May 26, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
A World Without Work, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Google, Google Translate, Robots, self-driving cars, Unemployment, Watson Health}

A World Without Work? Don’t Hold Your Breath

_{Predictions of mass unemployment caused by robots continue to be wildly inaccurate} _{Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk

May 26, 2021

9

Artificial Intelligence}

Will we soon be sitting on couches watching reality TV shows while robots work 24/7 doing all of the work humans used to do? The idea that robots will replace most human labor has been around for almost 100 years and has become more popular with each new advance, from sensors and microprocessors to enterprise software, data analytics, and AI. The latest wave of robot hysteria was tweaked by The Singularity is Near in 2005, emboldened by Race Against the Machine in 2012, and sent over the top by The Second Machine Age and The Rise of Robots in 2016, and A World Without Work in 2020, all best sellers. A World Without Work was shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey 2020 Business Book of the Year, in addition Read More ›

Beginning of the game, Two chess teams in front of different color white and black on the chessboard

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Author
Caitlin Bassett
Date
March 10, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Censorship

Tagged
Algorithms, Antonio Radić, Artificial Intelligence, Ashique KhudaBukhsh, Big Tech, chess, Human in the loop, Rupak Sarkar, social media, YouTube}

AI Flags “Black” and “White” Language of Chess as Racist

_{New research shows the weakness of depending on AI to accurately flag racist online content} _{Caitlin Bassett

March 10, 2021

5

Artificial Intelligence, Censorship}

Last summer, artificial intelligence algorithms took down a video on YouTube’s most popular chess channel mid-livestream and flagged it as containing “harmful and dangerous” content. New research into the incident indicates that artificial intelligence algorithms programmed to scan for racist and other hateful speech online may be to blame. On June 27, 2020, the host of the most popular chess chanel on YouTube, Antonio Radić, Croatian chess player, was conducting a livestream with chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. Around the one-hour-and-twenty-minute mark of the discussion of chess, the video was cut off and removed from Radić’s channel. When Radić (or anyone else) tried to access the video, they were met with a message from YouTube: “We’ve removed this video because it Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
December 31, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Education

Tagged
Academic influence, Academic rankings, Algorithms, Featured}

Will Machine Learning Disrupt Academic Rankings?

_{A case study in the best computer science and artificial intelligence programs} _{News

December 31, 2020

26

Artificial Intelligence, Education}

Note: Our author, Ross Gulik, an educational consultant who closely follows the academic ranking industry, offers us a look at how such rankings are created and how they might be improved. 1 Introduction to AcademicInfluence.com AcademicInfluence.com is a new website that claims to do academic rankings right. Getting academic rankings right has become a pressing concern for higher education. As AcademicInfluence.com correctly observes on its methodology page, schools face enormous pressure to perform well in the big annual rankings. The big academic ranking organizations (such as US News and Times Higher Education) carry enormous weight. If a school slips in these annual rankings, it can affect student enrolments, the bottom line, and the prestige of the institution. This pressure leads Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
December 14, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Ethics

Tagged
Algorithms, bias, Coded Bias (film), Featured, George Montañez, Robert J. Marks}

How Toxic Bias Infiltrates Computer Code

_{A look at the dark underbelly of modern algorithms} _{Jonathan Bartlett

December 14, 2020

4

Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Ethics}

The newly released documentary Coded Bias from Shalini Kantayya takes the viewer on a tour of the way modern algorithms can undermine justice and society and are actively subverting justice at the present moment. Coded Bias highlights many under-discussed issues regarding data and its usage by governments and corporations. While its prescriptions for government usage of data are well considered, the issue of corporate use of data involves many additional issues that the film skirts entirely. As the film points out, we are presented these algorithms as if they were a form of intelligence. But they are actually just math—and this math can be used to, intentionally or unintentionally, encode biases. In fact, as Bradley Center fellows Robert J. Marks Read More ›