Charles Murray, Among Others, Shows the Impact of Our Work

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As Stephen Meyer, John West, Steve Buri, and others got up and spoke, there was an odd shaking in the floor and windows. Source
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In Connecticut, Horrors of AI Finally Come into View

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A 56-year-old man, living with his mother in a wealthy New York suburb, developed a “friendship” with ChatGPT. Source
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The End of the Machine Metaphor? 

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Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Source
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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
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