George D. Montañez – Uncommon Descent

Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Design Mind

Talking to a computer? Marks and Montañez offer tips on how to tell

Robert J. Marks: It’s always easy to determine if you are talking to a computer or a human. You can just ask them to compute the square root of 30 or something because a human would take a while to get the square root of thirty …

Artificial Intelligence Ethics Intelligent Design Mind

But if humans are meat machines, how do ethics come into the picture?

Montanez: The AI and ML systems we have in place today are not sentient, but they are still dangerous. I am not worried about the future of AI, but I am concerned about the dangers artificial learning systems currently pose.

ram Seversky: Darwin knew nothing about DNA so it’s hardly surprising he made no predictions about it. "Darwinian" is common shorthand... – “Junk DNA” is expressed differently in...
ram Mark from CO: Can anyone help me understand where my thinking is off? You're not off. --Ram – Is Ethan Siegel’s Big Bang and...
polistra Thanks for this link. I used to enjoy Hank's programs on Christian radio, then forgot about him. His podcast is... – Hank Hanegraff interviews Neil Thomas -...
Mark from CO I'm not a cosmologist, just an average Joe who wonders about things. I've wondered for a long time about an... – Is Ethan Siegel’s Big Bang and...
Querius Heh, your understanding is wrong. Do you even know who coined the term, "junk DNA" and why? -Q – “Junk DNA” is expressed differently in...
Seversky Is There Such A Thing As Morality Or Ethics? Yes, there are. Do morality or ethics have any objective existence?... – Is there such a thing as...
Seversky My understanding is that non-coding DNA is not the same as junk DNA. Darwin knew nothing about DNA so it's... – “Junk DNA” is expressed differently in...
bornagain77 JVL asks, "So, before the Big Bang hypothesis came around what was the most widely supported and logical view about... – Another shot in the campaign against...
anthropic Could well be, though salting & smoking seem to be much more developed in cold climates. – Nobel Prize Medicine win exchanges evolution...
Seekers JVL, You appear to be talking in circles was there a point to be made or would like like to... – Another shot in the campaign against...
JVL ET: Of course the universe had a beginning. We can’t get here from an infinite past. So, before the Big... – Another shot in the campaign against...
Upright BiPed . Chuck: Like, for example, intelligent design “theory.” Speaking of predictions, it was predicted that autonomous self-replication would be code-based,... – Ethan Siegel: The multiverse (and another...
Hanks Nor do I offer access to Absolute Truths (TM) Only the Person who made the universe can offer Absolute Truths... – Another shot in the campaign against...
Querius Yeah, exactly. How do epigenetic switches evolve. There are researchers who claim there are over a dozen overlapping (19?) epigenetic... – Reptiles evolved, de-evolved, re-evolved teeth
Seekers Seversky, If I’m understanding you correctly, then by your own admission ( not offering absolute truths) does that then mean... – Another shot in the campaign against...
Seekers ChuckyD, I’m curious, are you here to offer any evidence for belief in the multiverse? Or simply to troll? – Ethan Siegel: The multiverse (and another...
jerry The headline and the discussion under it are not in sync. The discussion is a long rambling list of excerpts... – Is there such a thing as...
polistra Well, of course. Evolution, properly understood, generates moral laws. Any action that helps the ENTIRE POPULATION survive is moral, and... – Is there such a thing as...
ET Of course the universe had a beginning. We can't get here from an infinite past. – Another shot in the campaign against...
ET Again, seversky is confused about education and knowledge: Neither William Lane Craig nor Ronald Cram are theoretical physicists so both... – Another shot in the campaign against...
bornagain77 ChuckDarwin, perhaps you might like to know that, Whereas atheists have no observational/empirical evidence that the Multiverses that they postulated... – Ethan Siegel: The multiverse (and another...