^TagGeorge Gilder

Chain of amino acid or biomolecules called protein - 3d illustration

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News
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October 27, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health

Tagged
AlphaFold, Andrew Senior, Chance, DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, Featured, Gaming AI (book), George Gilder, Kirk Durston, protein folding}

If AlphaFold Is a Product of Design, Maybe Our Bodies Are Too

_{The deeper we go into science, the more important our unique human contributions become} _{News

October 27, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health}

Recently, we’ve been looking at tech philosopher George Gilder’s new Gaming AI about what AI can—and can’t—do for us. It can’t do our thinking for us but it can do many jobs we don’t even try because no human being has enough time or patience to motor through all the calculations. Which brings us to the massive complexity of the proteins that carry out our genetic instructions—better knowledge of which would help us battle many diseases. Gilder notes that when DeepMind’s AlphaGo beat humans at the board game Go in 2016, it wasn’t just for the fun of winning a game. DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis (pictured in 2018) is more interested in real-life uses such as medical research (p. 11). Read More ›

Getting to know the neighbors at the country houses in village

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News
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October 24, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

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Featured, Gaming AI (book), George Gilder, Go, Map vs. territory, Robert J. Marks}

Why Is AI a Key Battleground in Philosophy and Religion?

_{Tech philosopher George Gilder explains. Spoiler: He thinks humans will win} _{News

October 24, 2020

4

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

In this week’s podcast, Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks interviews futurist George Gilder on “How AI is gaming intelligence.” Their discussion stems from Gilder’s new book, Gaming AI: Why AI Can’t Think But Can Transform Jobs (free for download here). https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-105-George-Gilder.mp3 From the transcript: (Show Notes, Resources, and a link to the complete transcript follow.) Robert J. Marks (pictured): In general, do you see AI as a new demotion of the human race? This is pretty serious prose. George Gilder: Well, it declares that the human mind is just a machine that can be simulated by computer algorithms … thus demoting the human endeavor from being the center of everything, to becoming a mere planet of a larger Read More ›

Artificial Intelligence. Composition on the subject of Future Technologies. 3d rendered graphics.

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News
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October 23, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

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Analog computers, Big Data, Charles Sanders Peirce, Featured, Gaming AI (book), Gary Smith, George Dyson, George Gilder, Interpretant, John Archibald Wheeler, Map vs. territory, Microcosm (book), Quantum Computing, Quantum Zeno effect, Robert J. Marks}

Why AI Geniuses Haven’t Created True Thinking Machines

_{The problems have been hinting at themselves all along} _{News

October 23, 2020

7

Artificial Intelligence}

As we saw yesterday, artificial intelligence (AI) has enjoyed a a string of unbroken successes against humans. But these are successes in games where the map is the territory. Therefore, everything is computable. That fact hints at the problem tech philosopher and futurist George Gilder raises in Gaming AI (free download here). Whether all human activities can be treated that way successfully is an entirely different question. As Gilder puts it, “AI is a system built on the foundations of computer logic, and when Silicon Valley’s AI theorists push the logic of their case to a “singularity,” they defy the most crucial findings of twentieth-century mathematics and computer science.” Here is one of the crucial findings they defy (or ignore): Read More ›

Intelligent robot cyborg using digital globe interface 3D rendering

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News
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October 22, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Religion

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Alan Turing, AlphaGo, AlphaGoZero, Bletchley Park, Claude Shannon, Featured, Gaming AI (book), George Gilder, Go, I. J. ("Jack") Good, John von Neumann, Kevin Kelly, Max Tegmark, Ray Kurzweil, Yuval Noah Harari}

Why AI Geniuses Think They Can Create True Thinking Machines

_{Early on, it seemed like a string of unbroken successes …} _{News

October 22, 2020

8

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Religion}

In George Gilder’s telling, the story goes back to Bletchley Park, where British codebreakers broke the “unbreakable” Nazi ciphers. In Gaming AI, the tech philosopher and futurist traces the modern concept of a machine that really thinks for itself back to its earliest known beginnings. Free for download, his concise book also explains why the programmers were bound to fail in their quest for the supermachine. But let’s start with why they thought—and many today still think— it could work. Success emboldened the pioneers to dream of a final AI triumph They had every reason to be emboldened by success. Special computers called “bombes,” created by Alan Turing’s team, broke every version of the famous Enigma code used by the Read More ›

Professional Japanese Development Engineer is Testing an Artificial Intelligence Interface by Playing Chess with a Futuristic Robotic Arm. They are in a High Tech Modern Research Laboratory.

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
October 22, 2020

Tagged
Alan Turing, algorithmic intelligence, Algorithms, AlphaFold, Artificial Intelligence, code-breaking, Colossus computer, DeepMind, Gaming AI (book), George Gilder, Go (game), Lee Sedol, materialist superstition, mind, protein folding, Ray Kurzweil}

George Gilder on Gaming AI

_{Robert J. Marks

October 22, 2020

1}

AI is good at winning games. But how does this (and other) accomplishments translate to applications in the real world? George Gilder and Robert J. Marks discuss artificial intelligence, games, and George Gilder’s new book Gaming AI: Why AI Can’t Think but Can Transform Jobs (which you can get for free here). Show Notes 00:35 | Introducing George Gilder 02:12 Read More ›

Robot concept or robot hand chatbot pressing computer keyboard enter

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Author
News
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October 19, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

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AlphaGo, AlphaGo Zero, Backpropagation, Charles Sanders Peirce, Featured, Gaming AI (book), Genetic programming, Geoffrey Hinton, George Gilder, Go, GPT3, Ilya Sutskever, John Holland, John Seabrook, OpenAI, Peter Thiel, TensorFlow}

Can a Machine Really Write for the New Yorker?

_{If AI wins at chess and Go, why not? Then someone decided to test that…} _{News

October 19, 2020

7

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

Tech philosopher and futurist George Gilder (pictured) has a new book out, Gaming AI. Short and sweet, it explains how artificial intelligence (AI) will—and won’t—revolutionize the economy and human life. Get your free digital copy here. And now, below is a short piece he wrote, unpacking one of the book’s themes—the claim that AI can do anything that humans can do. Find out why he says no: Ilya Sutskever (pictured) may be the smartest man in the world you have never heard of. No sweat, I hadn’t heard of him either. Still under 40, he’s part of the all-male Google mindfest around “Google Brain.” His IQ honed at Open University of Israel and mentored by Artificial Intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Read More ›

Modern way of exchange. Bitcoin is convenient payment in global economy market. Virtual digital currency and financial investment trade concept. Abstract cryptocurrency with gold bitcoin background..

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October 9, 2020

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Business and Finance, Global Technology

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cryptocurrency, Disruptive technologies, Ed Moy, Featured, Fiat currency, George Gilder, Spencer Reiss, Steve Forbes, William Dembski}

Are Crypto and Blockchain Key to a Tech Renaissance?

_{A former director of the US Mint thinks that the market will gravitate toward these solutions} _{News

October 9, 2020

5

Business and Finance, Global Technology}

A panel discussion at COSM explored the future of crypto currencies like Bitcoin and blockchain technologies in general. What might they mean for global money, global security, and internet architecture? The panel, moderated by Wired contributing editor Spencer Reiss, comprised futurist George Gilder, Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Ed Moy, former Director of the U.S. Mint, and William Dembski, mathematician, entrepreneur, and philosopher: Can Crypto and Blockchain Reverse the Tech Decline (and Enable an Internet Renaissance)? Here are some snatches from the dialogue (aired September 11, 2020): George Gilder (on what’s wrong with the internet): It’s a broken paradigm. How do you tell a broken paradigm? The more money you spend on it, the worse it gets. Read More ›

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Author
News
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August 27, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Creativity, Machine Learning

Tagged
___longform, Alan Turing, Algorithms, Chinese Room, Church–Turing Thesis, Creativity, Dweebs, Featured, George Gilder, Go, Jay Richards, Jeopardy, John Searle, Larry L. Linenschmidt, Lovelace test, Peter Thiel, qualia, Quantum Computing, Robert J. Marks, Satya Nadella, Surprise, Turing Test, Watson}

Six Limitations of Artificial Intelligence As We Know It

_{You’d better hope it doesn’t run your life, as Robert J. Marks explains to Larry Linenschmidt} _{News

August 27, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Creativity, Machine Learning}

The list is a selection from “Bingecast: Robert J. Marks on the Limitations of Artificial Intelligence,” a discussion between Larry L. Linenschmidt of the Hill Country Institute and Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks. The focus on why we mistakenly attribute understanding and creativity to computers. The interview was originally published by the Hill Country Institute and is reproduced with thanks. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-097-Robert-Marks.mp3 Here is a partial transcript, listing six limits of AI as we know it: (The Show Notes, Additional Resources, and a link to the full transcript are below.) 1. Computers can do a great deal but, by their nature, they are limited to algorithms. Larry L. Linenschmidt: When I read the term “classical computer,” how does a computer function? Let’s build on Read More ›

close-up view of robot playing chess, selective focus

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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

2}

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 ›

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July 31, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Ethics, Technocracy

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Bob Kelly, China, Featured, Gary Rieschel, George Gilder, Jay Richards, Trade, Trade war, United States, Wendy Liu}

Tech Investment Analysts Strategize How to Deal With China Today

_{China’s assertions of power in recent years have left many uncertain about the future of business relationships} _{News

July 31, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Ethics, Technocracy}

Recently, Jay Richards interviewed Dr. Bob Kelly, Managing Partner of Ignition Partners, focusing on the panel he moderated at COSM 2019,“The Crisis of Big Tech: The US and China.” They explored the technological competition between the U.S. and China and what it means for the future. The panelists were futurist George Gilder, Wendy Liu, China market strategy analyst at multinational investment bank UBS, and Gary Rieschel, a venture capitalist in China and the United States. From the interview: Jay Richards: So what was the core controversy if you had to summarize it neutrally? Bob Kelly: I guess I’d say the core controversy really is what stance do we as Americans, or in the technology arena, take towards China? And there’s Read More ›

concept of future technology 5G network wireless systems and internet of things

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July 10, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology

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___longform, China, COSM, Featured, George Gilder, Information Theory, Peter Thiel, Universities, wealth}

Valley Insider Peter Thiel’s Comments Last Year Proved Prophetic

_{China’s recent takeover of Hong Kong and the campus Cancel Culture spotlight his warnings for our culture’s future in the age of 5G} _{News

July 10, 2020

7

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology}

Peter Thiel, who spoke by interactive video to the COSM conference last October, is probably the most remarkable of the Silicon Valley insiders. A fuller version of his discussions with tech philosopher George Gilder has just been released. What makes Thiel (think PayPal, Facebook, Palantir, Airbnb, Lyft, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX) unique is that he so much contradicts the Valley stereotype and is certainly not afraid to tell the Valley its faults. In fact, he moved down to Los Angeles in 2018, fed up with the Valley as a one-party state. He suggested in 2019 that Google be investigated for treason for refusing to work with the Pentagon but helping the Chinese military. Most of the time, though, Thiel prefers Read More ›

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Author
Robert Sheldon
Date
February 19, 2020

Categorized
Technocracy

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Analysis (posts), Centralization, Fatal Conceit (book), Friedrich Hayek, George Gilder, Technology, Telecosm (book)}

Centralization Is Not Inevitable

_{Even technology is not inevitable; it comes and goes} _{Robert Sheldon

February 19, 2020

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Technocracy}

The coronavirus has demonstrated that centralization has its limits. It's not inevitable, as a recent Analysis post suggests. I predict that when the dust settles on this coronavirus outbreak, the order-of-magnitude greater death rate in China, compared to the 2003 SARS outbreak, will be blamed on central planning.

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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 ›

Ray Kurzweil presenting via teleconference at COSM 2019

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 30, 2019

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

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AlphaGo Zero, Andy Kessler, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, COSM, Danielle (novel), Digital Immortality, George Gilder, Google, immortality, Ray Kurzweil, Singularity, Singularity Is Near (book), transhumanism, Turing Test}

Tech pioneer Ray Kurzweil: We Will Merge with Computers by 2045

_{For computers, “Even the very best human is just another notch to pass,” he told the COSM Technology Summit} _{Denyse O'Leary

October 30, 2019

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Philosophy of Mind}

Advocates point to the success of Kurzweil’s past predictions as evidence that his Singularity is indeed Near, as his 2005 book predicts or Nearer, as his forthcoming one (June 2020) does. But questions bubbled to the surface.

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 25, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Global Technology

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Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Andy Kessler, Apple (company), AT&T, Big Tech, Blockchain, COSM, Facebook, George Gilder, Google, IBM, Regulation, social media, Verizon}

Wall Street Journal columnist to Big Tech: You are doomed

_{Companies like Google and Facebook aren’t monsters, says Andy Kessler, but each nourishes the seeds of its own destruction} _{Denyse O'Leary

October 25, 2019

4

Business and Finance, Global Technology}

Kessler told his audience at the COSM National Technology Summit that Big Tech companies are so vulnerable that, for legal reasons, the United States is the only safe place for their headquarters.

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 24, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Data Privacy

Tagged
Blockchain, COSM, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, Currency, Ed Moy, Facebook, George Gilder, Libra, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Forbes, William Dembski}

Chair of Forbes Media Says Money Is About Trust

_{Experts forecast the future of money in general at COSM} _{Denyse O'Leary

October 24, 2019

4

Business and Finance, Data Privacy}

Facebook wants to start minting its own money. Amazon is said to be thinking about it. Bitcoin has many enthusiasts. But what determines the value of money in a digital age?

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 24, 2019

Categorized
Machine Learning, Medicine and Health

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AlphaGo, Artificial Intelligence, Bill Dembski, COSM, Craig Mundie, DeepMind, General Artificial Intelligence, George Gilder, health and medicine, Machines, Medicine, Microsoft, Open AI}

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 claims} _{Denyse O'Leary

October 24, 2019

3

Machine Learning, Medicine and Health}

Mundie, 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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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 23, 2019

Categorized
Religion, Work

Tagged
Catholicism, COSM, education, George Gilder, Innovation, Job Displacement, Machines, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley, University}

Tech Entrepreneur Peter Thiel says Silicon Valley is losing its touch

_{Peter Thiel also compared universities today to the Catholic Church at its worst} _{Denyse O'Leary

October 23, 2019

2

Religion, Work}

About 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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Author
News
Date
October 16, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance, Technocracy

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___longform, Brendan Eich, David Gelernter, Featured, George Gilder, Google, Gregory Coppola, Robert Epstein, Russ White, Zach Vorhies}

How Much Google Do You Really Need?

_{As more people are becoming concerned about Big Tech’s snooping and apparent political ambitions, practical responses are emerging} _{News

October 16, 2019

8

Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance, Technocracy}

Getting away from constant surveillance and dangerous little bubbles of manipulated information is easier than some users may realize, tech pioneers and experts say. You can make simple changes today.

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News
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September 17, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Babak Parviz, COSM, Elderly, George Gilder, Google Glass, Lindy Fishburne, Matt Scholz}

Google Glass Inventor to Speak at COSM, October 25

_{Babak Parviz, now an Amazon vice-president, is keenly interested in services for the swelling aged population worldwide} _{News

September 17, 2019

2

Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health}

Joining Parviz on the panel will be Matt Scholz, CEO of Oisin Technologies (researching treatments for age-related diseases), George Gilder, philosopher of technology, and Lindy Fishburne, executive director of Breakout Labs, which funds innovative science ventures. Read More ›