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illustration of a technological eye, close up, future concept, generative ai

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Gary Varner
Date
October 21, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Culture, Consciousness, film, horror, Killer robots, megan, Movies and TV, Robots, Science fiction}

Megan Review, Part 1

_{An AI doll that does more than just play.} _{Gary Varner
October 21, 2023

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Since it’s nearing Halloween, I figured now would be a good time to review some Sci-Fi movies that dabble in the horror genre. Megan came out in 2022 and has been referred to as Chucky for Zoomers. The premise is the same as the horror movie, Child’s Play, from 1988: a child gets a doll. Doll turns psychotic and kills people. It’s pretty straightforward. However, Megan differs by adding a technological twist, calling back to the creepy Furbies, which came out in 1998. Really, those awful toys should’ve had a horror movie of their own. There are many a tale of the mechanical monsters waking up under the bed in the dead of night six months after the poor child Read More ›

Elephant in the room, concept of a controversial issue, Generative AI

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Joshua R. Farris and Alin C. Cucu
Date
October 16, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, David Chalmers, god, Materialism, Philosophy of Mind}

Science of Consciousness: The Elephant in the Room

_{Science has had great success in explaining many functions of living organisms in purely material terms. So why not consciousness?} _{Joshua R. Farris and Alin C. Cucu
October 16, 2023

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Philosophy of Mind}

After repeated failures to explain consciousness, there’s a new path in the science of consciousness that promises to be the final theory of consciousness. Read More ›

Modern glass elevator and escalator in a shopping mall. Empty mall.

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Peter Biles
Date
October 14, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Arts and Culture, Books, C.S. Lewis, Consciousness, Euthanasia, immortality, meaning, novels, Technology, That Hideous Strength (book), transhumanism}

Zero K: A Novel About Escaping the World Through Technology

_{Zero K by novelist Don DeLillo is a frightening but prophetic tale of transhumanism and the temptation to evade suffering at all costs.} _{Peter Biles
October 14, 2023

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Arts & Culture}

The book is prophetic, merging two pertinent issues into one speculative tale: euthanasia and transhumanism. Read More ›

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Jeffrey Funk
Date
October 12, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Sam Altman}

Why Are We Obsessed With How Smart AI Is?

_{The people with the most specific knowledge should be assessing applications for AI and their risks.} _{Jeffrey Funk
October 12, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

The biggest lesson from giving university exams to ChatGPT is that students should be tested in other ways. Read More ›

Walking to new better world. Hope and bright future

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Peter Biles
Date
October 8, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
AI, Angus Menuge, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Minding the Brain, Robert J. Marks}

So AI is “Slightly Conscious” Now?

_{The AI optimists can't get away from the problem of consciousness.} _{Peter Biles
October 8, 2023

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Philosophy of Mind}

The idea that artificial intelligence could ever become actually “intelligent” is a minority view, but it’s espoused by some brilliant minds, including Jason Lemoine, an ex-Google employee who claimed the company’s developing AI system was sentient. Lemoine isn’t alone. According to Futurism, OpenAI’s top researcher, Ilya Sutskever, claimed in a Tweet this week that “large neural networks are slightly conscious.” Noor Al-Sibai writes, He’s long been preoccupied with artificial general intelligence, or AGI, which would refer to AI that operates at a human or superhuman level. During his appearance in the AI documentary “iHuman,” for instance, he even declared that that AGIs will “solve all the problems that we have today” before warning that they will also present “the potential to create Read More ›

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News
Date
October 4, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Consciousness, Materialism, Matter, Mental states, mind, Minding the Brain, Nobel Prize, Physicalism, Scientism}

When Science Points Beyond the Physical

_{The idea that science has somehow shown the irrelevance of the mind to explaining behavior is seriously confused.} _{News
October 4, 2023

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Philosophy of Mind}

Any attempt to use science to discredit the existence of mental subjects is fatally flawed because the bedrock data for all science comes from observation. Read More ›

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News
Date
October 3, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Atheism, brain, Brian R. Krouse, Consciousness, Materialism, Mental, Minding the Brain, Physicalism, Robert J. Marks}

The Big Problem for Physicalism

_{One physicalist theory after another has either ignored or falsified the central characteristics of consciousness} _{News
October 3, 2023

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Philosophy of Mind}

Editor’s note: We are delighted to welcome the new book from Discovery Institute Press, Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science, edited by Angus J. L. Menuge, Brian R. Krouse, and Robert J. Marks. Below is an excerpt from Chapter 2. Look for more information at MindingtheBrain.org. By Angus Menuge The history of physicalism is one of extraordinary diversity: a wide variety of theories, with multiple versions, have jockeyed for dominance. Yet it is also a tale of persistent failure. One physicalist theory after another has either ignored or falsified the central characteristics of consciousness, intentionality, and rationality that define our mental life. We will begin by tracing the history of physicalism from the early varieties of behaviorism Read More ›

Trees in forest from below, green tops of trees, blue sky background

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 28, 2023

Categorized
Evolution, Panpsychism, Plant Mind

Tagged
Consciousness}

Are Plants Cognitive, Intelligent Organisms? A Controversy Brews

_{Some plant biologists want to see them that way; others continue to insist on a Darwinian view} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 28, 2023

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Evolution, Panpsychism, Plant Mind}

Darwinians may need to learn how to “adapt” to a new environment where panpsychism is increasingly an underlying assumption in science and science writing. Read More ›

Stump of tree felled - section of the trunk with annual rings. Slice wood.

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Robert J. Marks
Date
September 25, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, Materialism, Matter, mind, Minding the Brain (book), Robert J. Marks}

An Introduction to Minding the Brain

_{Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Or are there aspects of mind that are external to the biology of the brain?} _{Robert J. Marks
September 25, 2023

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Philosophy of Mind}

Editor’s note: We are delighted to welcome the new book from Discovery Institute Press, Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science, edited by Angus J. Menuge, Brian R. Krouse, and Robert J. Marks. Below is an excerpt from the Introduction. Look for more information at MindingtheBrain.org. Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Or are there aspects of mind that are external to the biology of the brain? This question, referred to as the mind-body problem or the mind-brain problem, has been debated for centuries and has captivated curious minds since the dawn of human contemplation. What is the relationship between our mental life and physical body? Intuition suggests our subjective experience of the world is tightly Read More ›

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William A. Dembski
Date
September 24, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bard, ChatGPT, Consciousness, William Dembski}

Inferring the Best Explanation Using Artificial Intelligence

_{With its wealth of information at hand, how well can AI make accurate inferences?} _{William A. Dembski
September 24, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Perhaps ChatGPT’s prowess at IBE is, in some way, no more impressive than the prowess of Stockfish, the world’s best current chess program. Read More ›

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William A. Dembski
Date
September 21, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, William Dembski}

ChatGPT is Getting More Impressive

_{Nonetheless, human intelligence remains qualitatively different from artificial intelligence.} _{William A. Dembski
September 21, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

I continue to maintain that human intelligence is qualitatively different from artificial intelligence. Read More ›

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Joshua Farris and Michael Egnor
Date
September 21, 2023

Tagged
Consciousness, Joshua Farris, Materialism, Michael Egnor, Panpsychism}

What Makes Humans Unique?

_{Joshua Farris and Michael Egnor
September 21, 2023

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What makes humans unique compared to the rest of the natural world? Can strict materialists answer that question? In today’s podcast episode, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor speaks with Dr. Joshua Farris on the idea that human beings are made in God’s image, the mystery of consciousness, and panpsychism. Additional Resources

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News
Date
September 14, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, COSM 2022, Evil, Facebook, free will, Humanity, Peter Thiel}

AI: Intelligent, Conscious, or Merely Evil?

_{Venture capitalist Peter Thiel addresses burning questions surrounding AI at last year's COSM conference} _{News
September 14, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

In today’s featured video, watch Peter Thiel from COSM 2022 speak on how we should think about artificial intelligence. Is it really intelligent and even conscious? And is it likely to be a force for good, or does it have the dangerous potential to control us? Listen in to learn more on this broad and often contentious topic. Peter Thiel is an internationally known venture capitalist and investor. (REGISTER NOW FOR COSM 2023) COSM is an exclusive national summit on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know it. From artificial intelligence to 5G and WiFi6, from tokenized time to blockchain, from cloud computing to the quantum revolution, and from biotech to the nanotech revolution, COSM brings together some Read More ›

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David Hsing
Date
September 8, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Panpsychism}

Artificial Consciousness Remains Impossible (Part 3)

_{The claim that all things are conscious (including AI) misunderstands the meaning of the term} _{David Hsing
September 8, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Even if panpsychism is true, the subsequent possible claim that “all things are conscious” is still false because it commits a fallacy of division. 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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David Hsing
Date
September 6, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Coding, Consciousness, 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

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Artificial Intelligence}

Randomness is a red herring when it comes to serving as an indicator of consciousness. Read More ›

AI, Machine learning, Hands of robot and human touching big data of Global network connection, Internet and digital technology, Science and artificial intelligence digital technologies of futuristic.

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David Hsing
Date
September 4, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Information Theory, intelligence, Machines, Materialism, Panpsychism}

Artificial Consciousness Remains Impossible (Part 1)

_{The cherished fiction of conscious machines is an impossibility} _{David Hsing
September 4, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Artificial intelligence that appears to be conscious is a Consciousness Room, an imitation with varying degrees of success. Read More ›

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Gary Varner
Date
August 26, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Science Fiction

Tagged
Arts and Culture, Consciousness, emotions, free will, god, mind, Movies and TV, Robots, tv, Westworld}

Westworld Episode 10 Review (Part Two)

_{Welcome to the dark end of the journey} _{Gary Varner
August 26, 2023

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Arts & Culture, Science Fiction}

Last time, Teddy had just finished saving Dolores from the Man in Black, who turned out to be William all along. He takes her to the coast because that was where he promised to take her when they were performing their pre-programmed loop. However, the coast is apparently not very far because as Dolores dies in his arms, Teddy starts reciting a campy monologue, and then shuts down while the board applauds the speech. Even when they’re trying to escape their loop, the robots still, somehow, find themselves trapped in yet another one of Dr. Ford’s narratives. Dr. Ford appears, addresses the crowd, then orders for Teddy to be cleaned up, and for Dolores to be taken to a nearby Read More ›

Human hand shakes artificial intelligence robotic hand, concept of union between human being and artificial intelligence, Generative AI

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Peter Biles
Date
August 19, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, BibleGPT, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Jacques Ellul on social media addiction, Large Language Models (LLMs), OpenAI, Philosophy, Technology, tv, Wheaton College}

Artificial Intelligence: The Final Stage of Disembodiment?

_{The Internet invites a disembodied existence. Is AI the next step?} _{Peter Biles
August 19, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality}

Kemp's vivid picture of Internet addiction is sadly accurate for many modern folks, especially those enmeshed in the superficial, image-driven economy of social media. Read More ›

Travelers together around the campfire, enjoying the fresh air near the tent under the Milky Way in the evening. Silhouettes of two adventurous people camping in the mountains under the starry sky.

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Peter Biles
Date
August 13, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
art, C.S. Lewis, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Creativity, fiction, Non-Computable You (book), OpenAI, Peter Biles, Plato, Rhetoric, Robert J. Marks, Salvo, Wheaton College, Writing}

Literature and Personal Consciousness: Why AI Can’t Speak to You

_{AI can never intend meaning like a human author can} _{Peter Biles
August 13, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

One non-computable aspect of great literature is evident: a personal consciousness was responsible for creating it. Read More ›

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News
Date
August 9, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
brain, Closer to Truth (video series), Consciousness, energy, mind, Oppenheimer, Panpsychism}

Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism?

_{There is a re-emerging interest in consciousness and the mind} _{News
August 9, 2023

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Philosophy of Mind}

Radin goes on to show an affinity for panpsychism, the idea that the entire universe is endowed with a certain level of consciousness. Read More ›