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27Aug 2023 by Post

By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

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The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Source

14Jun 2023 by Post

All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)

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In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them. Source

03Apr 2023 by Post

In Belgium, Subjectivity Triumphs Over Biology

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The attitude will metastasize across society and culture, eventually corroding our most fundamental institutions and societal structures. Source

26Jun 2022 by Post

Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

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A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Source

24Apr 2022 by Post

Claim: Research Shows Animals Have a Moral Sense

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We are informed at Nautilus, the Templeton Foundation’s magazine, that “ It’s time to take moral emotion in animals seriously.” Really? Source

24May 2020 by Post

Doctor’s Diary: Fear Is a Gift from Our Designer

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Editor’s note: Dr. Simmons is the author most recently of Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves? He is a Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. As a physician, I have cared for many patients who were fearful. Often with good reason, but not always. Might fear actually be a purposeful design? Might it be present to protect a person? One might liken fear to pain, which is a similar gift. How would we have survived as a species if running bare-footed across sharp rocks or being stung by an irritated hive of yellow jackets (or murder hornets!) didn’t hurt? Without pain how would a child learn not to touch a hot stove? Or, pull away immediately to lessen the damage? In 1997, Gavin de Becker authored The Gift of…