How Far Have We Come With Giving Robots Feelings?
Pretty far, in our own imaginationAt times, we may think a more powerful illusion is a good enough substitute for reality.
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Will Plausible Robots Replace Movie Stars?
A short film prepares us to think about itDo I believe AI will be emotionally indistinguishable from human connection? No, personally I don’t. Nonetheless, I loved the short film. It was simple but very well-executed. If you’re looking for a short but thought-provoking film about AI to give your mind something to chew on over the weekend, I would highly recommend Sprites.
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Jay Richards: Prepare For AI, But Don’t Panic — Part II
Will machines take over human jobs? Larry L. Linenschmidt discusses Artificial Intelligence, job displacement, and collaboration using technology with Jay Richards. This interview is about Jay’s book, The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines. This interview was originally aired by the Hill Country Institute and is included here in its entirety. This rebroadcast Read More ›
Former Microsoft Head of Research: Machines Will Soon Know Better Than Your Doctor
Other experts at the COSM Technology Summit were skeptical of Craig Mundie’s claimsMundie, former Microsoft Chief Research & Strategy Officer, formerly told his audience that Big Data will enable each person to be “completely understood” by machines that can produce a computer facsimile of each detail. It would be far too complex for human physicians to make sense of, he said.
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Tech Entrepreneur Peter Thiel says Silicon Valley is losing its touch
Peter Thiel also compared universities today to the Catholic Church at its worstAbout the Big Tech companies, he says, “The story is not that they have done a lot of bad things but that they have not done enough good things. That remains the core challenge of Silicon Valley.”
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Jay Richards on the Greatly Exaggerated Death of Human Jobs — Part I
Rumor has it, artificial intelligence and robotics will make humans obsolete. Larry L. Linenschmidt discusses artificial intelligence, job displacement, virtue, and machines with Jay Richards. This interview is about Jay’s book, The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines. This interview was originally aired by the Hill Country Institute and is included here in Read More ›
Are Robot Pastors the Answer to Religion’s Decline?
Many Christians say no. Some Buddhists say yes. What is expected of the pastor?
The Three Laws of Robotics Have Failed the Robots
Almost no one out there thinks that Isaac Asimov's Three Laws could work for truly intelligent AI
Tell Kids the Robot Is “It,” Not “He”
Teaching children to understand AI and robotics is part of a good education todayWe are not truly likely to be ruled by AI overlords (as opposed to powerful people using AI. But even doubtful predictions may be self-fulfilling if enough impressionable people come to believe them. Children, for example. We adults are aware of the limitations of AI. But if we talk about AI devices as if they were people, children—who often imbue even stuffed toys with complex personalities—may be easily confused. Sue Shellenbarger, Work & Family columnist at The Wall Street Journal, warns that already, “Many children think robots are smarter than humans or imbue them with magical powers.” While she admits that the “long-term consequences” are still unclear, “an expanding body of research” suggests we need to train children to draw Read More ›
Fake News Thrives on Fears of a Robot Takeover
The motion graphics artist tried to explain that he faked the amazing robot videoThe convincing film was great for Tom’s Twitter feed but less great for what it says about our judgment as viewers. We believe too much AI hype.
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We Can Imagine Robots That Think and Feel
But does that make them more likely?If Shakespeare is right about imagination, Sophia will certainly break some hearts.
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Bingecast: Yuval Harari’s Silly Dystopian Ideas
Will infotech and biotech erode human agency, subvert human desires, and render free-market economics obsolete? At first glance, there looks to be a wide gap between the future of AI and the destruction of democracy. Some futurists claim to have jumped that chasm. In a cheery little column published by the Atlantic, Yuval Noah Harari posits AI will ultimately destroy Read More ›
Swarm Printing: Are AI Robots Tomorrow’s Construction Workers?
Robotic swarms specially adapted to operate in austere environments could be useful responses to natural and manmade disastersWhile many traditional construction jobs will be lost, others will be created. Someone will need to design, build, service, and repair the robots.
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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 centerThe 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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A Mind Matters Review: Zoe (2018), an Android’s Love Story
Underlying assumptions aside, it's a great film with good acting and believable dialogueZoe is a great film but it presents a storyline often used to show how inexplicable and ineffable love is in order to get me to believe that it isn’t.
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A Closer Look at Detroit: Become Human, Part III
The second pillar of the AI religion is reductionism, the reduction of humanity to matter and energyIf the qualities that define being human (so that there is an obvious distinction between what is human and what is not) are not material by nature; then the premise of a compelling story about androids that become and surpass human beings as intelligent life falls flat.
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A Closer Look at Detroit: Become Human, Part I
Gaming culture provides a window into our culture’s assumptions about artificial intelligenceIn the game, Detroit has transcended its current economic despair, emerging as the epicenter of the android revolution. Cyberlife, headquartered there, has become the first company to engineer and produce fully autonomous, general purpose AI androids for consumers.
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Military Technology and AI
Past, Present, and FutureTechnology, including AI, needs protection. Intellectual property of corporations needs protected from espionage. Military technology needs protection from foreign agents. Show Notes 01:10 | Introduction; Daniel M. Ogden, J.D. 02:20 | Technology in the military history 08:00 | WWII technology; Norton Gun Site 12:20 | Banning AI autonomous weapons 16:48 | Slaughterbots 18:13 | Military AI endgame 18:55 | Other Read More ›
6: AI Can Even Exploit Loopholes in the Code!
AI adopts a solution in an allowed set, maybe not the one you expected