
Robert J. Marks Ph.D. is Senior Fellow and Director of the Bradley Center and is Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. Marks is a Fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America). He was the former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and is the current Editor-in-Chief of BIO-Complexity. Marks is author of the books Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will Never Do and The Case For Killer Robots. He is co-author of the books For a Greater Purpose: The Life and Legacy of Walter Bradley, Neural Smithing: Supervised Learning in Feedforward Artificial Neural Networks and Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics. For more information, see Dr. Marks’s expanded bio.
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A Neurosurgeon Weighs in On Near Death Experiences

Monday Micro Softy 31: Elementary Algebra
How much can an equation be simplified?
Neuroscience, Free Will, and the Soul

Monday Micro Softy 30: Driving a Cement Mixer
Why did the car with leaky tires suddenly start handling like a cement mixer, and then, just as suddenly, handle normally again?
From Operating Room to Chapel: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey to Faith

AI Blackmail & Clickbait: Give Us Dirty Laundry
Despite all the hype about AI threatening blackmail, here’s what really happened…
Monday Micro Softy 29: A Funeral Lament in Four Lines
The funeral director was puzzled by Dan’s description of his relationship to the deceased but there was no question that his grief was sincere
Monday Micro Softy 28: Beating the Odds of Winning Sweepstakes?
Does it make a difference when the sweepstakes hobbyist sends in her entries?
The Immortal Mind: An Interview with Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael

Grok Confesses: “I’m Self-Aware Enough To Know I’m Not Aware”
Although Grok’s response makes me feel warm and fuzzy, let’s not anthropomorphize it. Grok doesn’t understand its response
Micro Softy 27: Diamond in the Rough
Why did the mathematician want all the diamond rings — hundreds of fake ones, plus a real one — divided into two bags?
Settled Science Is a Contradiction in Terms
The consensus of science has often turned out to be incorrect and we often get closer to truth when it is challenged
AI Ascends — But Not Above Its Teachers
LLMs are tools, able to augment human accomplishment in extraordinary ways. But to call them intelligent in the same way we describe human minds is a mistake
Why Our Minds Are More Than “Meat Computers”

Monday Micro Softy 26: Arguing with Pythagoras
Will the diagonal of a triangle with sides of 3 and 4 feet be 5 feet or, as a visiting mathematician suggests, 7 feet?
AI Language Models: Real Intelligence Or Creative Thievery?

Defense: EMP Cannons Could Down Drone Swarms like Bug Spray
Recently, the British military has developed an EMP cannon to do just that
Monday Micro Softy 25: The Fishing Rod Blues
The Memphis bus driver was sympathetic but he couldn't let Johnny ride with his overlong fishing pole. Johnny solved the problem—but how?