thought

Computers are not people because computing is not thought

Computers are not people because computing is not thought

Leave a Comment / Computing / By

Recently, Walter Bradley Center Director Robert J. Marks interviewed human dignity advocate Wesley J. Smith on the seeming science fiction question “Can a computer be a person?” (November 10, 2022, podcast 212): https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/11/Mind-Matters-212-Robert-Marks.mp3 Here are some highlights: About Alexa: Wesley J. Smith: I was going to ask you about Alexa because she might be coming …

Computers are not people because computing is not thought Read More »

The new feat of quantum computing is a modern take on a 150-year-old thought experiment

The new feat of quantum computing is a modern take on a 150-year-old thought experiment

Leave a Comment / Computing / By

Professor Andrea Morello explains how Maxwell’s Demon Thought Experiment was analogous to his team’s achievement in selecting only cold electrons for quantum calculations. Credit: Richard Freeman/UNSW A team of quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed a method to reset a quantum computer, i.e. prepare a quantum bit to the “0” state, with very high …

The new feat of quantum computing is a modern take on a 150-year-old thought experiment Read More »

The new feat of quantum computing is a modern take on a 150-year-old thought experiment

The new feat of quantum computing is a modern take on a 150-year-old thought experiment

Leave a Comment / Computing / By

Professor Andrea Morello explains how Maxwell’s Demon Thought Experiment was analogous to his team’s achievement in selecting only cold electrons for quantum calculations. Credit: Richard Freeman/UNSW A team of quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed a method to reset a quantum computer, i.e. prepare a quantum bit to the “0” state, with very high …

The new feat of quantum computing is a modern take on a 150-year-old thought experiment Read More »

DOC NYC: Theater of thought, exploration of the human brain with Werner Herzog

DOC NYC: Theater of thought, exploration of the human brain with Werner Herzog

Leave a Comment / Virtual reality / By

The pioneer of new German cinema ventures into the complex realms of the mind. Werner Herzog, who has just turned 80, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from DOC NYC and, during this same festival, presents his latest work, Theater of Thought. The documentary explores the different scientific facets of the human brain, from artificial intelligence …

DOC NYC: Theater of thought, exploration of the human brain with Werner Herzog Read More »

COSM grills Blake Lemoine who thought his chatbot was sensitive

COSM grills Blake Lemoine who thought his chatbot was sensitive

Leave a Comment / Artificial intelligence / By

Last Thursday morning at the COSM, a panel of experts debated whether true sentient artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially exist – and even if it already does. Robert J. Marks, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at Baylor University, began by criticizing the Turing test as a measure of whether we have produced …

COSM grills Blake Lemoine who thought his chatbot was sensitive Read More »