Category: Culture
Must AI Inevitably Degenerate into Nonsense, through “Model Collapse”?
AI works because humans are real creative beings, and AIs are built using gigantic amounts of diverse and creative datasets made by humans.
Wisdom Wednesday: NOT a “God of the Gaps” Argument
Brandon McGuire (of the Daily Dose of Wisdom podcast) and Stephen Meyer offer a wide-ranging discussion about Dr. Meyer’s work.
Professor Dave, Anti-Semite? You Be the Judge
What was unclear was whether his rage against intelligent design reflected just an isolated problem in his thinking, or whether it’s something more system-wide.
Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045
Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life.
Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in an Intelligently Designed World
As Hedin puts it, “The universe reveals who we are by allowing us to make free choices.” In other words, the ball is in our court.