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17Mar 2023 by Post

Depths of Design: Talking Boxes

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Our talking boxes take our requests, run their routines, and send out results but understand nothing, whether or not they’re made in China. Source

11Mar 2023 by Post

For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

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In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Source

06Mar 2023 by Post

Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

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Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Source

25Feb 2023 by Post

Robert J. Marks Pours Cold Water on ChatGPT Hype

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Are you tired of hearing about ChatGPT yet — "basically high-tech plagiarism," as Noam Chomsky has said? Source

21Jan 2023 by Post

Is Life After Death Incompatible with Physics?

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In 2011, Sean Carroll wrote an essay on why — from a science perspective — our minds must be extinguished at death Source

17Jan 2023 by Post

New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

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One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Source

12Jan 2023 by Post

Is the End of Science Near?

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A study in the premier science journal notes the long term falling off of truly original findings, as opposed to endless citations of others’ findings. Source

11Jan 2023 by Post

Monkeys, Not Humans, Likely Made Ancient Brazilian Tools

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The stone objects, dated from 50,000 years ago, look like the ones made by capuchin monkeys today. Source

06Jan 2023 by Post

Can Animals Be Held Criminally Responsible?

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While the idea is handled provocatively in philosophy literature, in practice, animals are envisioned as plaintiffs, not defendants, in animal rights cases. Source

04Jan 2023 by Post

Brain Scientist: Consciousness Didn’t Evolve; It Creates Evolution

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Donald Hoffman says that even the Big Bang must be understood in a universe where consciousness is fundamental. Source