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Will AI replace scientists?

Jonathan Bartlett put that at #6 on his AI hype list

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New robotic device is controlled only by thought, no brain implant

If the mind is an illusion, how can it act directly on external things, by the force of decision-making alone?

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Can we program morality into a self-driving car?

software engineering professor tells us why that’s not a realistic goal.

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2018 AI Hype Countdown 4: Robert J. Marks on the claim, Making AI Look More Human Makes It More Human-like!

Some are apparently wowed. Others remain unwowed.

PyrrhoManiac1 @2 . Given how fragile entanglement is in the lab, any such effects going on in the wet, warm brain,... – At Big Think: Brain experiment suggests...
PyrrhoManiac1 @45 don’t think that the “biological phenomena” of a living creature can be entirely reduced to physical explanations. However, I... – The Thought that Stops Thought
Alan Fox I'm an avid Guardian reader, BTW. The Guardian is the only paper I know that is independent of vested interest... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox Alan, could you explain to me, what is difference between Darwinian evolution (random mutations+NS) and this phenotypic plasticity ? The... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox I am not going to talk about this natural selection nonsense and other Darwinian conjectures.You are under no obligation. I... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox, one last thing .... in that article i posted above (THE GUARDIAN), so called Plasticity or Phenotypic plasticity... – Man-ape chasm of differences
bornagain77 Fasteddious at 2, this may interest you: In the following video, at the 22:20 minute mark, Dr. Elisabeth Rieper shows... – At Big Think: Brain experiment suggests...
martin_r Alan Fox. You have a very simplistic view of how selection works listen, this debate between you and me started... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Fasteddious One confusion here is with the term "quantum effects". Since every cell involves transfers of electrons and other atomic or... – At Big Think: Brain experiment suggests...
Origenes The concept of emergentism does nothing to change the naturalistic core belief that causality fundamentally lies with mindless particles in... – The Thought that Stops Thought
jerry The most remarkable molecule in the universe is the result of emergence. That is water. I understand that no one... – The Thought that Stops Thought
Alan Fox ACCORDING TO YOUR ABSURD THEORY, RANDOM MUTATIONS CREATED THAT HEART DESIGN… NOT SOME NATURAL SELECTION ….You have a very simplistic... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox … i consider Natural Selection as another Darwinian conjecture.And yet it happens. Artificial selection by both plant and animal breeders... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox, …mechanical engineers are useless, they should talk to biologists how to build this pump using random mutations… I... – Man-ape chasm of differences
bornagain77 It is their presupposition of 'Pure chance, absolutely free but blind', instead of God, as the creator of all things... – The Thought that Stops Thought
Alan Fox ...mechanical engineers are useless, they should talk to biologists how to build this pump using random mutations...I see you forgot... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox one more thing (I couldn't resist) From the article on artificial heart Basically, the heart is a muscular... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox, And if mechanical engineers are so capable, why is the development of artificial hearts not a raging success?... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox Heart not constructed. Heart grew. Baby Martin had baby heart. Big Martin had big heart. Runs without maintenance all his... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox yes, as a mechanical engineer I am very qualified to comment on a mechanical pump controlled by an... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox And if mechanical engineers are so capable, why is the development of artificial hearts not a raging success? – Man-ape chasm of differences