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Author
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

12

Artificial Intelligence}

This article is an attempt to explain why the cherished fiction of conscious machines is an impossibility. The very act of hardware and software design is a transmission of impetus as an extension of the designers and not an infusion of conscious will. The latter half of the article is dedicated to addressing counterarguments. Lastly, some implications of the title thesis are listed. Intelligence vs. Consciousness Intelligence is the ability of an entity to perform tasks, while consciousness refers to the presence of a subjective phenomenon. Intelligence[1]: “…the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment” Consciousness[2]: “When I am in a conscious mental state, there is something it is like for me to be in that state from the Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
June 22, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Discovery Institute, Dystopian, George Gilder, Jay Richards, Machines, Robert J. Marks, Science fiction}

The One Thing Only Humans Can Do

_{What makes human beings unique? Will artificial intelligence take over our jobs?} _{News

June 22, 2023

1

Artificial Intelligence}

What makes human beings unique? Will artificial intelligence take over our jobs? The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, which publishes Mind Matters, was launched largely to respond to questions like these. In a panel discussion at the Dallas launch of the Bradley Center, Baylor Professor of Computer Engineering Robert J. Marks offered some thoughts on the evening’s topic, “Will ‘Smart’ Machines Take Over Our Jobs?” This is a great video to watch if you’re new to Mind Matters or are interested in learning more about the unique perspective of the Bradley Center. Marks doesn’t offer doomsday approximations of the future of AI, but neither does he disregard the challenges it poses. According to him, though, there’s one Read More ›

An intricate and detailed microscopic view of a nanotechnology-powered environment, showcasing nanobots and nanostructures

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Author
News
Date
June 21, 2023

Categorized
Robotics

Tagged
Cancer, Cells, COSM, COSM 2022, Machines, Medicine, Nanocosm, Nanorobotics, Organic Molecules, Technology}

Using Nanorobotics to Kill Cancer

_{There are some major breakthroughs in nanotechnology that could hold great promise} _{News

June 21, 2023

1

Robotics}

Shlomo Nedvetzki, CTO of Nanorobotics, discusses the panel “The New Nanocosm” at the COSM Technology Summit 2022, which explored emerging technologies that hold great promise for advancing human prosperity. Nedvetzki focused on nanorobotic machines that can target and kill individual cancer cells. There are some major breakthroughs in nanotechnology that could hold great promise. 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 of Beyond Capitalism: Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
May 25, 2023

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Machines, Robert J. Marks}

AI: Is it Good or Bad for Society?

_{Robert J. Marks

May 25, 2023

1}

Artificial intelligence already surrounds us and has made inroads into banking, accounting, and digital technology. It’s ubiquitous. In today’s episode, Robert J. Marks reminds us that AI is like fire: its benefits and value depend on how wisely (or foolishly) we use it. Additional Resources

Aerial view of Frankenstein Castle in southern Hesse, Germany

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
January 7, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Transhumanism

Tagged
Andrew Klavan, Arts & Culture, Daily Wire, Featured, Frankenstein, Literature, Machines, Mary Shelley, Materialism, Romanticism, science, Science fiction, transhumanism, Wordsworth}

The Prophecies of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

_{Andrew Klavan explores the world of the Romantics in new book and finds special insight in Shelley’s classic horror story} _{Peter Biles

January 7, 2023

4

Arts & Culture, Transhumanism}

Andrew Klavan, acclaimed novelist and host of the Andrew Klavan Show at the Daily Wire, wrote a book about his profound encounters with the Romantics of the 19th century, called The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England’s Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus. The Romantics include literary figures like Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and John Keats. While it’s common to highlight the Romantics’ veneration of nature, they were also living in the throes of the Enlightenment, in which atheistic materialism was becoming a minority alternative to theism. Klavan writes, “The wonderful success of science at explaining the material world threatens to create in scientists a bias towards Read More ›

“Fluorite” - oil painting. Conceptual abstract picture of the eye. Oil painting in colorful colors. Conceptual abstract closeup of an oil painting and palette knife on canvas.

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
October 19, 2022

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Beauty, Creativity, Featured, Human exceptionalism, Machines, visual art}

Human Artists and their AI Copycats

_{What will happen to actual artists if AI can mimic their styles?} _{Peter Biles

October 19, 2022

4

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

Imagine you’re walking through a world-class art museum, and you come across Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.” (Let’s assume someone hasn’t already thrown tomato soup on it.) The painting isn’t a replication. It’s not a copy of a copy of a copy. It’s the original canvas and paint, the direct object created by the artist himself, shaped by age, visited by thousands of admirers—it’s “vintage.” You stand there admiring the work of a past genius, and get a sense of its beauty and meaning in a whole new way. There’s something unique in witnessing “the real thing.” Why do people travel worldwide to look at Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” when they can see a digital recreation through a Google search? Or why Read More ›

gray vehicle being fixed inside factory using robot machines

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podcast

Author
Jay Richards and Larry L. Linenschmidt
Date
May 28, 2020

Tagged
adaptability, ai ethics, anti-fragility, Artificial Intelligence, business, capitalism, collaboration, entrepreneurship, Jay Richards, Job Displacement, Machines, Peter Thiel, ride-hailing, Robots, Strong AI, The Human Advantage, virtue, Weak AI, Zero to One (book)}

Bingecast: Jay Richards on The Human Advantage

_{Jay Richards and Larry L. Linenschmidt

May 28, 2020

2}

Will machines take over human jobs? Jay Richards discusses artificial intelligence, virtue, job displacement, and collaboration using technology with Larry L. Linenschmidt. 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 Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 24, 2019

Categorized
Machine Learning, Medicine and Health

Tagged
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.

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.”

Jay Richards on the Greatly Exaggerated Death of Human Jobs — Part I

_{Larry L. Linenschmidt and Jay Richards

October 17, 2019

2}

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 ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
May 30, 2019

Tagged
AI, bingecast, economy, government-policy, labor, Machines, Technology, Tyranny}

Bingecast: Yuval Harari’s Silly Dystopian Ideas

_{Robert J. Marks

May 30, 2019

2}

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 ›