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Human Ingenuity vs. the Computer’s Halting Problem
In a dialogue with a friendly skeptic, I suggested an explanation he found astounding but it’s the only possible oneIs GMO Detection an Application of Dembski’s Explanatory Filter?
If so, it would be an instance of the use of the filter in biologyWill Ordinary Human Intelligence Become the New “Oil”?
At one time, the tech craze was for outsourcing jobs. Maybe it’s time to look at “insourcing” insteadWhat We Can Do To Prevent More Online Censorship
Encrypted email can be an end-around social media companies' monopoly of free speechToward a Serious Scientific Theory of Consciousness
Quantum physics arises from the fact that when we do not observe a particle, it can be in two different places at once, such that it interacts with itselfComputer Science Explains Why Communism Can’t Work
Successful communism is not only morally and practically flawed, it is mathematically impossibleDid GPT-3 Really Write That Guardian Essay Without Human Help?
Fortunately, there’s a way we can tell when the editors did the program’s thinking for itTo What Extent Does Life Simply Invent Itself As It Goes Along?
The evidence may surprise usTechnology? Hey, Bugs Invented It All Before Us!
Do bugs really show no evidence of design? Computer engineers can test thatThey Say This Is An Information Economy. So What Is Information?
How, exactly, is an article in the news different from a random string of letters and punctuation marks?Evolution And Artificial Intelligence Face The Same Basic Problem
Think of the word ladder game, where we transform one word into another by changing only one letter at a timeSupercomputer Provides a New Clue re COVID-19 Fatalities
A surprising pattern I found last April: Southern hemisphere countries had significantly lower death rates than northern onesHere Is a Way We Can Be Sure If We Are Living in a Multiverse
An experiment can test the idea that there is an infinite number of universesIs Dembski’s Explanatory Filter the Most Widely Used Theory Ever?
It turns out that legions of critics of the Filter use it all the time, without noticingWhy Engineering Can’t Be Reduced to the Laws of Physics
When we reduce the engineer’s mind to a computer, the source of innovation disappearsWhy is Bell’s Theorem Important for Conservation of Information?
Proving a negative is difficult. Demonstrating that there are no leafy green crows is hard to do without examining every crow. But there's another way.Will AI or Fighter Pilots Win the 2021 Dogfight? Or Both?
The outcome of future warfare will be decided, not by AI alone, but by finding and optimizing the tradeoff between human and artificial intelligenceWhy Information Theory Is Like a Good Run
Information theory can help us understand a wide range of fields besides computersNo, Scientific American, Don’t Starve AI!
Don't unplug AI; just make sure everyone shares in both the creation and the benefitsWhile many are concerned about all the jobs that AI will eliminate, no one is talking about the fact that AI needs humans. Information is the fuel that powers AI, and only humans can create this information. So, the real revolution that AI will bring is not data exploitation, but the empowering of people all around the world to power our economy through creation of information. What’s bad news for authoritarian groups like the Chinese Communist party is good news for everyone else.