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Department store shop class luxury, near the Red Bridge, historical buildings of Saint-Petersburg. In the background the city and St. Isaac's Cathedral dome of golden color, in the evening at sunset.

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October 9, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology, Surveillance

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capitalism, entrepreneurship, Facial Recognition, Featured, Robert J. Marks, Russia, Samuel Bendett, Silicon Valley}

Russia Aims to Close the Technology Gap With the United States

_{Independent since 1991, the vast nation offers a government version of Silicon Valley culture} _{News
October 9, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology, Surveillance}

In this week’s podcast, “AI development in Russia, Part 1,” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks talks with Samuel Bendett about Russia’s struggles to develop AI for entrepreneurship and free enterprise, rather than military uses. It turns out to be mainly a cultural struggle, as historic institutions must adapt to an environment where market dominance is more important than military dominance. Mr. Bendett, who is fluent in Russian and English, is an advisor to the Russia Studies Program and the Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence of the CNA Adversary Analysis Group. And how is Russia faring? https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-103-Samuel-Bendett.mp3 From the transcript: (Show Notes, Resources, and a link to the complete transcript follow.) Robert J. Marks (pictured): What I want Read More ›

World Alzheimer’s day concept. Human hands holding brain of earth over blurred blue nature background. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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October 2, 2020

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Arts & Culture, Natural Intelligence, Neuroscience

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Animal Intelligence, Cell intelligence, Crows, Dogs, Featured, Geoffrey Simmons, Hit Refresh, Michael Egnor, Robert J. Marks, Roger Penrose, Satya Nadella, soul, Spirit, split-brain surgery}

Why a Science Fiction Writer Thinks Life Is More Than Just Matter

_{Many animals and even bacteria show behavior that smacks of thinking, he says} _{News
October 2, 2020

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Arts & Culture, Natural Intelligence, Neuroscience}

Science fiction author and retired internist Geoffrey Simmons talks about the amazing intelligence that life forms, even cells, show. Read More ›

Robot standing holding a pencil on notebook,retro vintage style

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September 28, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Creativity

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Creativity, Featured, Lovelace test, Robert J. Marks, Selmer Bringsjord, Turing Test}

Can AI Write the Great American Novel? Or Compose Sports News?

_{It’s a split decision, say Rensselaer prof Selmer Bringsjord and Baylor computer engineering prof Robert J. Marks} _{News
September 28, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Creativity}

In a recent podcast, Rensselaer professor Selmer Bringsjord discusses AI and creativity with computer engineering professor and Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks. The difference between writing novels and playing games like Go and chess is that writing novels does not mean winning according to a set of rules. A machine can be programmed with rules and do the calculations faster—much, much faster—than a human. A good novel requires creativity in the face of situations that are only partly definable. If a novel succeeds, many people agree that the writer has captured essential elements of human nature and life circumstances. That’s what makes the great novels so memorable. Sports reporting is somewhere in the middle in that a great Read More ›

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
September 26, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Information Theory

Tagged
Elon Musk, Evolution, Featured, Origin of life, Robert J. Marks, William Dembski}

Elon Musk Tweet Shows Why Many Doubt Origin of Life Studies

_{Musk was talking about the origin of machines, not life, but the principle is, perhaps surprisingly, the same} _{Jonathan Bartlett
September 26, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Information Theory}

Creating a machine that manufactures or a cell that reproduces is much harder than creating a prototype of either. It’s a search for a search. Read More ›

Astronaut and robot or artificial intelligence handshake on alien planet.

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September 17, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind, Science

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Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves? (book), cosmic rays, Featured, Geoffrey Simmons, Guillermo Gonzalez, Robert J. Marks, Robots, Science fiction, space brain, Space travel}

Should Robots, Instead of Humans, Go Into Space?

_{They might be better at life in space than humans. But could they be counselors too?} _{News
September 17, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind, Science}

Are we here to re-create ourselves as robotic humanoids? In a recent podcast, Robert J. Marks discusses what robots can do for us with retired internist and author Geoffrey Simmons. In his most recent book, Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?: The Convergence of Designs (2019), Simmons argues that in creating artificially intelligent robots, we are trying to recreate the human being. But can we really recreate everything about ourselves? For example, they discussed, can robots be counselors? Should robots go into space instead of humans? As a writer, Simmons has found audiences for both fiction and non-fiction. For example, he wrote Z-papers (1976), a medically based crime thriller in which “In a Chicago hospital, the U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Read More ›

Skin flaking off face, reveals skull, robotic head. 3d render

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August 14, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Global Technology, Technocracy

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COSM 2019, Featured, George D. Montanez, Matt McIlwain, metaphysics, Oren Etzioni, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks, Singularity}

Is Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity Nearer or Still Impossible?

_{AI might help us unlock our potential, a panel concludes, but it won’t take over} _{News
August 14, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Global Technology, Technocracy}

A panel of experts wrestle with Ray Kurzweil's prediction at the COSM 2019 Technology Summit that we will merge with our computers by 2045 — The Singularity. Read More ›

Augmented reality application for retail business concept. Hand holding smart phone with A/R application on screen to finding interested product in the store.

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August 7, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Education

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___longform, ARToolworks, Augmented Reality, Featured, peripheral vision, QuiverVision, Robert J. Marks, Thomas Furness, Virtual Reality (VR), Virtual World Society}

The Amazing Things We Can Do with Virtual and Augmented Reality

_{The “father of virtual reality,” Thomas Furness, talks to Robert J. Marks about his vision for the future} _{News
August 7, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Education}

In a recent podcast, “Robert J. Marks and Thomas Furness on VR and AR,” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks continued his discussion with the “grandfather of virtual reality,” Thomas Furness. They focused on the cutting edge of virtual reality today. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-094-Thomas-Furness.mp3 Transcript. Partial transcript: Robert J. Marks: So, Dr. Furness, we have been talking about a number of fascinating things, but there’s still some things that I’d like to talk to you about. Another one is ARToolworks. Now, AR stands for augmented reality. Thomas Furness: Now, the difference really is between the VRs generally, where you are completely immersed in a computer-generated environment. That’s all you see is the computer generation of images. AR, on the other hand, Read More ›

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News
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August 2, 2020

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Philosophy of Mind, Religion, Science

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___longform, Dualism, Featured, John Burke, Monism, Near-death experiences, Robert J. Marks, Walter Bradley}

Why Reasonable People Think Near-Death Experiences Are Real

_{Distinguished engineers Walter Bradley and Robert J.Marks sift through the evidence} _{News
August 2, 2020

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Philosophy of Mind, Religion, Science}

In a recent podcast, “Walter Bradley on Near-Death Experiences,” Center director Robert J. Marks discusses these experiences with Walter Bradley, after whom the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence is named. Dr. Bradley is an emeritus distinguished professor at Baylor University, formerly professor and mechanical engineering head at Texas A&M University. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-093-Walter-Bradley.mp3 Here are some selections from the transcript: (You can download the entire transcript here.) Marks and Bradley started with first principles: Is it reasonable to believe that there is anything out beyond the material world? Many people assume that science exists to defend materialism. But Walter Bradley has defended the idea that there is also an immaterial world, of which we are a part, in a Read More ›

Senior man in a wheelchair using a virtual reality device

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July 23, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Medicine and Health

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Chinese medicine (traditional), exercise, Featured, Helicopters, RATLAB, Robert J. Marks, Thomas Furness, Virtual Reality (VR)}

VR Pioneer Founded Off-Campus Lab to Work On Practical Uses

_{RATLab, founded in 2005, gave unlikely students a chance to work on serious virtual reality projects} _{News
July 23, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Medicine and Health}

In a recent podcast, “Rats in the Technology lab” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks continued his discussion with the “grandfather of virtual reality” Thomas Furness. Furness shares his tribulations and triumphs with RATLab (Rats in the Technology lab), which is an “incubator” for innovative ideas in technology. All the employees are RATs (Rocking and Thinking). Furness is, of course, King Rat. So how did it get started and what happened then? https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-092-Thomas-Furness.mp3 Transcript. Partial transcript: Thomas Furness (right): Well, I was enjoying my activity at the university, certainly a wonderful place to do research. But it is a bureaucracy, and I’ve found that sometimes having worked for the Air Force for the Department of Defense for 23 years, Read More ›

3D rendering of a futuristic mech soldier with dog.

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July 19, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Surveillance, Technocracy

Tagged
2084 (book), China, Featured, John Lennox, Max Tegmark, Robert J. Marks, Social Credit (China)}

Do Some Passages in the Book of Revelation Seem to Talk About AI?

_{Revelation is notoriously obscure but a passage about a future “total control” state gives pause for thought} _{News
July 19, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Surveillance, Technocracy}

John Lennox, author of 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (2020), is not only an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University but also pastoral advisor to Green Templeton College at Oxford. In a podcast, “Does Revelation Talk About Artificial Intelligence?” with Robert J. Marks, director of the Walter Bradley Institute, he addresses the title question, “Do some passages in the Book of Revelation seem to talk about AI?”: https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-091-John-Lennox.mp3 Selections from the transcript are provided below: (The complete downloadable transcript may be found following the Show Notes and Resources. “Can AI Replace the Need for Belief in God?” provides an account of the earlier portion of this lively discussion.) Robert J. Marks (right): Last question I want Read More ›

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July 19, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Science

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___longform, 2084 (book), AI Church, Anthony Levandowski, Christianity, Featured, Homo Deus (book), John Lennox, Max Tegmark, Robert J. Marks, Yuval Noah Harari}

Can AI Replace the Need for Belief in God?

_{Oxford mathematician contends that science should increase our respect for what God has created and allowed us to do} _{News
July 19, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Science}

John Lennox. author of 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (2020), is not only an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University but also pastoral advisor to Green Templeton College at Oxford. In a podcast, “Does Revelation Talk About Artificial Intelligence?”, he discusses with Robert J. Marks, director of the Walter Bradley Institute, the title question: “Can AI replace the need for belief in God?” https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-091-John-Lennox.mp3 Selections from the transcript are provided below: (The complete downloadable transcript may be found following the Show Notes and Resources) Robert J. Marks (right): Let’s talk about the theological implications of AI. You have a reputation, not only as a mathematician, but a Christian apologist. And I wanted to go into some Read More ›

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News
Date
July 12, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Science

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2084 (book), Dan Brown, Featured, god, John Lennox, Robert J. Marks}

In Dan Brown’s AI Hype Novel, the Hero Stumbles Onto God

_{Not clear that was supposed to happen but stories do get away on their authors at times…} _{News
July 12, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Science}

In a recent podcast, “John Lennox: False Assumptions in the hype over AI,” Oxford mathematician John Lennox, author of 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (2020) discussed common mistaken assumptions with Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks. One of them seems to be that AI might prove there is no God, replace God, or become God. Things get interesting when these science fictions meet the world of fact. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-090-John-Lennox.mp3 From the transcript: Robert J. Marks: In your book, you discussed Dan Brown’s novel entitled Origin. Now Dan Brown is famous for writing many, I don’t know, kind of strange books. One was the Da Vinci Code, but his recent one deals with artificial intelligence and you discuss Read More ›

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July 3, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Technocracy

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2084 (book), Featured, John Lennox, Robert J. Marks, Shoshana Zuboff}

2084 vs 1984: The Difference AI Could Make to Big Brother

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July 3, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Technocracy}

In a recent podcast, Oxford mathematician John Lennox answered some questions raised about his new book, 2084 by Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks, including questions as to how the loss of privacy could wind up really harming us: https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-089-John-Lennox.mp3 From the transcript: Robert J. Marks: It’s been said that AI is the new electricity. It’s neither good nor bad. You have addressed some of the potential negative uses of artificial intelligence or the negative impacts of artificial intelligence, but expanding on that, what are some of the big threats that you see in the use of AI technology in the near future? John Lennox: Well, the threats are best explained by comparing them with the advantages. Let’s take Read More ›

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Eric Holloway
Date
June 29, 2020

Categorized
Information Theory, Mathematics

Tagged
Conservation of Information (COI), Featured, John Bell, Robert J. Marks, William Dembski}

Why is Bell’s Theorem Important for Conservation of Information?

_{Proving a negative is difficult. Demonstrating that there are no leafy green crows is hard to do without examining every crow. But there's another way.} _{Eric Holloway
June 29, 2020

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Information Theory, Mathematics}

Proving a negative is difficult. Think about it. For example, demonstrating that there are no leafy green crows is hard to do without exhaustively examining every crow in existence. On the other hand, proving there are no crows naturally emblazoned with the text of the King James Bible is a bit easier to do. Proving a negative is possible if the extremes are large enough. Such as result is known as a no-go theorem. One of the most profound no-go theorems can be found in quantum physics. Physicist John Bell (1928–1990) proved — entirely from first principles — that there is a fundamental difference between how particles interact classically compared with how they interact within quantum physics. In classical physics, Read More ›

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News
Date
June 26, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

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Alan Turing, George D. Montanez, Robert J. Marks}

Is the Turing Test Misguided? George Montañez comments

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June 26, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

When you think about it, the Turing test is a bit of a scam. Human beings are supposed to guess whether we are talking to computers purely according to answers. But clever answers can be precoded by a clever person. We could be talking to a well-trained magpie. George Montañez of Harvey Mudd College argues that the question of whether machines can think, as posed in Alan Turing’s seminal paper in 1950 , “Computing machines and intelligence,” is too vague to admit of an exact answer. Besides which, it is kind of complicated. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-088-George-Montanez.mp3 Transcript. As he told Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks in a recent podcast: George Montañez Yeah. So, there was actually three versions of the Read More ›

smart medical technology concept, doctor use smart glasses to use augmented reality to show the anatomy body of the patient for analysis and find the way to treatment in surgery room at hospital..

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News
Date
June 20, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health

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Featured, Human Interface Technology Lab, Robert J. Marks, Thomas Furness, Virtual Reality}

Virtual Reality Joins Actual Reality — and It’s a Real Advance

_{The grandfather of virtual reality explains how everyone began to think of ways VR might help them} _{News
June 20, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health}

As a result of media reports of his success in pioneering virtual reality for the US Air Force, many people contacted Thomas Furness. asking about civilian uses for virtual reality. In a recent podcast, Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks continued his discussion with the “grandfather of virtual reality.” And the people who contacted Furness were not asking for better computer games. They were talking about really serious issues: https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-086-Thomas-Furness.mp3 Transcript. Partial transcript: Thomas Furness: One question that came, one of the first ones I received, was from a mother who had watched a program that, apparently I was talking about the virtual cockpit. She called me and said, I watched this program. I want you to know my Read More ›

EEG Test on an Elderly Man at Hospital Laboratory

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June 19, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

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COSM, Electroencephalography, Featured, Jay Richards, Mind Uploading, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks}

Can We Really Cheat Death by Downloading Our Brains?

_{Through the ages, we have thought of unique ways to avoid death. Could the internet and artificial intelligence help?} _{News
June 19, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Last October, Jay Richards, author of The Human Advantage, caught up with Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks, a Baylor University computer engineering prof, at COSM 2019 to ask, what are our cheat-death chances? They were responding to futurist Ray Kurzweil’s heady claims made at the conference that we will merge with computers by 2045 and live on as AI. Richards and Marks reflected on Kurzweil’s claims and the thoughts of the panel responding to them. Here’s a partial transcript: Jay Richards: He’s (Kurzweil, below right) very much a sort of, I’d say, a techno-optimist. And in fact, he sort of thinks we’re going to get brain scans and upload ourselves, whereas the panel… Though I know there was a Read More ›

HUD Futuristic Screen Design Element Virtual Reality Aerial View Escort Security Technology. UI Information Interface In Cyberspace Scanning Landscape Geometric Wireframe..

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News
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June 6, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Military

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Air Force, Featured, Robert J. Marks, Thomas Furness, Virtual Reality (VR)}

VR Was Invented by an Air Force Engineer

_{Real world concerns drove his inventions, long before Comic Con} _{News
June 6, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Military}

In a recent Mind Matters podcast, “Thomas Furness and the invention of virtual reality,” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks interviewed Thomas Furness, an engineer who wanted American fighter pilots to be able to see what was really happening around them in the air. It seemed that they needed virtual reality to do it. And that’s how the technology that powers so many computer games today got started. The transcript can be downloaded at the bottom of the page here. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-085-Thomas-Furness.mp3 Here is is a partial transcript of highlights from the interview: Virtual reality was pioneered by Thomas Furness during his Air Force service in 1966 when he served as a Second Lieutenant at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Much Read More ›

If Then logic statement written in white chalk on a black chalkboard isolated on white

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May 10, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Religion

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___longform, Featured, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Kurt Gödel, Mathematics, Rene Descartes, Robert J. Marks, Saint Anselm, Selmer Bringsjord}

Gödel and God: A Surprising History

_{A thought-provoking account of master logician Gödel’s largely unknown proof of the existence of God} _{News
May 10, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Religion}

In an unsanitized, politically incorrect (but factual) history, Selmer Bringsjord talks about how the tormented genius Kurt Gödel took up a quest that dated back a thousand years to prove the existence of God by formal logic. His original version didn’t quite work but his editor’s version passed an important logic test.

Can AI Save Us from COVID-19? An Expert Is Skeptical

_{To use AI more successfully next time, we need a clear understanding of its limitations as well as its capabilities} _{News
April 30, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Medicine and Health}

Experts list various problems, including the fact that AI is vulnerable to failure due to unforeseen problems, including problems with data (too sparse, too noisy, too many outliers, etc.). It also doesn’t learn as well from experience as humans do.