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Is the Future of AI Open or Closed (Source)_

Is the Future of AI Open or Closed (Source)?

Archana Vemulapalli, Head of Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services, discusses developments in artificial intelligence with Bryan Mistele, CEO of transportation analytics provider, INRIX – especially ways in which AI can be employed to make people more productive and efficient, and in the end, make the world a better place. Learn more about COSM2024 at https://cosm.tech.

Does ChatGPT Think_ Stephen Wolfram with Bob Metcalfe and George Gilder

Does ChatGPT Think? Stephen Wolfram with Bob Metcalfe and George Gilder

Stephen Wolfram, computer scientist, physicist, and founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, explains his research to “make the world as computable a place as possible” so that computers can help us understand it. Bob Metcalfe and George Gilder then engage him in a far-ranging discussion of such things as Turing machines, neural networks, and AI-driven natural language models such as Read More ›

Keri Ingraham - Politically Unstable Podcast - April 2024

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Education Innovation & School Choice on the Politically Unstable Podcast

There are pockets of amazing innovation happening around our country in K-12 education, but they are far too rare. One example of an innovative high school is West Michigan Aviation Academy in Grand Rapids. The school is in its 14th year, but few people know about it nationally. It should be a national headline because it is a model that deserves replication. Read More ›
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Living on the Edge with Stephen Balaban

Stephen Balaban, CEO of Lambda Labs, a GPU cloud and AI infrastructure provider, discusses the amazing advances in autonomous intelligent agents that can transform the way we do business. He and George Gilder then examine the benefits of this technology as well as its accompanying challenges and threats. Learn more about COSM2024 at https://cosm.tech.

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The U.S. Has No Choice but to Undertake Radical Economic Change

Burdened with $34.5 trillion in national debt that is currently growing by $1 trillion every 100 days, the U.S. economy is headed for disaster. It falls on the next administration to change that trajectory while also introducing policies that increase and broaden economic growth and wealth creation for everyone. Read More ›
C.S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design with John West (2024 Dallas Conf. on Science & Faith)

C.S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design with John West (2024 Dallas Conf. on Science & Faith)

What were C.S. Lewis’s real views on evolution and intelligent design? Dr. John West, Vice President of Discovery Institute, explores this topic in this lecture from the 2024 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith sponsored by Discovery Institute. Dr. West is editor of The Magician’s Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society and co-editor of The C.S. Lewis Readers’ Read More ›

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What Comes after Transgender? Doctor Amputates Man’s Healthy Fingers

I have long predicted that normalizing transgender surgeries would be followed eventually by doctors intentionally disabling patients with Body Identity Integrity Disorder (BIID). Well, here it comes. A doctor in Quebec "treated" a BIID patient by amputating two of his healthy fingers. Read More ›
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A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA’s ‘Kuhnian’ Paradigm Shift

Prevailing scientific assumptions often die hard, especially when they fit so neatly into an evolutionary view of the development of life on earth. On this episode of ID The Future from the archive, Dr. Casey Luskin gives host Andrew McDiarmid the scoop on one of the biggest mistakes in science of our lifetime: the concept of "junk DNA." Even if you’ve already heard this episode, listen again, and then share it with a friend! The myth of junk DNA is a major example of why a Darwinian paradigm can slow the progress of science, while a design perspective can open up new avenues for research and discovery. Find additional show notes at idthefuture.com. Read More ›
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Drugs and Homelessness

Last week we gave our third annual set of Zenger Prizes to ten journalists for articles or podcasts that emphasize good street-level reporting and a willingness to see that all human beings have value. One of the winners we announced is Sam Quinones, for an article he wrote in The Atlantic updating his acute analysis of America's drug crisis. Read More ›
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Study: Most Gender-Confused Children become Gender-Conforming Adults

A new study has found that almost all children who experience gender confusion grow out of it as they age into adulthood. By the time gender-non-contented children are adults, of the 21-22 percent experiencing gender distress, all but 2 percent grew out of it. Read More ›