08Jan 2026 by Post

Against Anti-LLM and Anti-AI Absolutism

1 Thessalonians, absolutism, Aristotle, Artificial Intelligence, Bible, Carl Rogers, ChatGPT, Christians, Computational Sciences, dopamine, Doug Smith, Education, Edward Thorndike, Eighteenth Amendment, ELIZA program, Frederick Buechner, geography, history, Jacques Ellul, Jaime Escalante, Joseph Weizenbaum, Judeo-Christian tradition, large language models, Laurent Siklossy, liquor, Marshall McLuhan, math, mathematicians, Neil Postman, Open AI, Phillips Exeter Academy, programmed learning, Prohibition, Rogerian therapists, Sam Altman, science education, software, St. Paul, Substack, Technology, Turing test, William Jennings Bryan, [Un]Intentional
Doug Smith has been a software developer for three decades. He writes extensively about the impact of technology on culture. Source
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02Nov 2024 by Post

Putting AI to the “Tolkien Test”: Could It Pass?

3 Quarks Daily, algorithms, art, Books, cathedrals, ChatGPT, Creativity, Culture & Ethics, human beings, intelligence, large language models, materialism, Middle-earth, music, music theory, nature, Neuroscience & Mind, On Fairy Stories, Oxford University, sentience, soul, sub-creators, The Lord of the Rings, theists, Tolkien test, Turing test, War and Peace
Could ChatGPT ever hope to get close to the creative depth found in Tolkien’s Middle-earth? Source
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08Nov 2023 by Post

Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

Academy Award, AI enlightenment myth, Artificial Intelligence, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bible, computer scientists, COSM 2023, cultoftheai.com, Culture & Ethics, Discovery Institute, ethics, futurists, Google, Hamas, hellscape, Isaiah, Judeo-Christian tradition, kidnapping, killing, Michael Keas, morality, Neuroscience & Mind, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, Singularity, Skynet, The Imitation Game, The Matrix, transhumanism, Turing test
Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life Source
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28Jun 2022 by Post

Can Artificial Intelligence Be Creative?

Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, chatbot, computer science, computers, Creativity, English, Eugene Goostman, George Gordon, Go (game), Intelligent Design, Lord Byron, machines, Neuroscience & Mind, Non-Computable You, programmers, Selmer Bringsjord, software, swarms, The Carpenters, The Imitation Game, trickery, Turing test, Ukrainians
Lady Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), daughter of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, was the first computer programmer. Source
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