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Should Engineers Think Like Computers?
To limit ourselves to the symbolic logic that computers can do is to leave our humanity behind
Why Social Media Are So Addictive
It’s not hard science or magic. Specific characteristics explain social media's power
When High Tech Must Be Kept Secret
Universities that do national defence research try to manage the tension between intellectual freedom and national security
Google Engineer Reveals Search Engine Bias
He found Google pretty neutral in 2014; the bias started with the US 2016 election
Can We Write Creative Computer Programs?
As Robert J. Marks tells World Radio, people have tried making computers creative but no luck
Even Elon Musk Can’t Get a Robotaxi These Days
His recent earnings call makes clear that few think his promised million-taxi fleet is real-world
We Built the Power Big Social Media Have Over Us
Click by click, and the machines learned the patterns. Now we aren’t sure who is in charge
Jordan Peterson’s New “Thinkspot” Takes Shape
Analysts ask, can his proposed rules work?
George Gilder on the Real-Life Prospects — and Limits — of AI
Gilder, who is organizing the COSM conference in Bellevue, Washington, in October, clears the fog about “the cloud”
High Tech Can Help the Blind See and Amputees Feel
It’s not a miracle; the human nervous system can work with electronic information
A Materialist Neuroscientist Continues the Argument with Himself
On the topic of “intellectual seizures,” he seems committed to both points of view
Even Uber didn’t believe in Uber’s self-driving taxis
We found that out after Google’s Waymo sued the company
Is the Human Mind a Computer?
As a software engineer, I'd say we need to be clear what the question is before answering it
The Internet Doesn’t Free Anyone by Itself
China is testing 100% surveillance on the Uighurs, a strategically critical minority
We went back to visit Gödel, Escher, and Bach…
Forty years after publication, how has a big explain-the-mind book withstood the test of time?
You Think You Have Nothing To Hide?
Then why are Big Tech moguls making billions from what you and others tell them?
Chinese Technocracy Surges Ahead with AI Surveillance
So what do the reservations expressed, about “the soul” and “love,” really mean?
Can Materialism Explain Abstract Thought? Part II
Now Dr. Ali argues with Dr. Ali
Can AI Predict and Prevent Political Unrest?
The 1996 Democratic Convention tried neural networks but discovered a hidden flaw
If Thinking Can Heal, Why Do We Need Antidepressants?
J.P. Moreland, who struggles with anxiety disorders, likens medications to engine oil for the brain
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