Artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence
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Andrew McDiarmid
September 9, 2021
Technology

It’s Time for an Artificial Intelligence Reality Check

Andrew McDiarmid
September 9, 2021
Technology
If you’re getting tired of hearing that “strong AI” is just around the corner, you’re not alone. The Stephen Hawkings, Ray Kurzweils, and Elon Musks of the world have been putting humanity on notice with predictions of machines overtaking humans for decades. Read More ›
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Cartoon robot sitting in line with human applicants for a job interview
Cartoon robot sitting in line with human applicants for a job interview
Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2021
Technology

The Limits of Talking to a Machine

Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2021
Technology
Our technology—the machines built with our art and skill—can better humanity in amazing ways. But machines can’t replace our need for each other Read More ›
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Jay Richards interviews Robert J. Marks at COSM 2019
Robert J. Marks II and Jay W. Richards
June 19, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Technology

Are Our Brains Downloadable?

Robert J. Marks II and Jay W. Richards
June 19, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Technology

Jay Richards interviews Dr. Robert J. Marks II, Director of the Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, about the meaning and future of artificial intelligence. Marks challenges the notion espoused by Ray Kurzweil and others that our minds are “downloadable.” In Marks’ view, there are certain aspects of our brain that are not algorithmic and thus can’t be uploaded Read More ›

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Robert J. Marks II
January 7, 2020
Artificial Intelligence

The Case for Killer Robots

Robert J. Marks II
January 7, 2020
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence expert Robert J. Marks investigates the potential military use of lethal AI and examines the practical and ethical challenges. Marks provocatively argues that the development of lethal AI is not only appropriate in today’s society — it is unavoidable. Read More ›
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Discovery Institute
January 6, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Discovery Institute

A Moral Argument for Killer Robots: Why America’s Military Needs to Continue Development of Lethal AI

Discovery Institute
January 6, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Discovery Institute
Doomsday headlines warn that the age of “killer robots” is upon us, and that new military technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to the annihilation of the human race. In his new, short book The Case for Killer Robots: Why America’s Military Needs to Continue Development of Lethal AI (Discovery Institute Press 2020), artificial intelligence expert Robert J. Marks investigates the potential military use of lethal AI and examines the practical and ethical challenges. Dr. Marks directs the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Discovery Institute, and he is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. Marks also heads up the Center’s daily news website, Mind Matters News and hosts the Mind Matters Podcast. This short monograph is published in conjunction with the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence and the Center is making if freely available as a digital book at the Mind Matters website. Physical copies are available through Amazon.com. “Marks makes a lucid and compelling case that we have a moral obligation to develop lethal AI,” said Jay Richards, philosopher and author, The Human Ad-vantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines. “He also reminds us that moral questions apply, not to the tools that we use to protect ourself, but to how we use them when war becomes a necessity.” Read More ›
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Robert J. Marks at Dallas Launch
Robert J. Marks II
April 9, 2019
Artificial Intelligence

Robert J. Marks II on One Thing Only Humans Can Do

Robert J. Marks II
April 9, 2019
Artificial Intelligence

In a panel discussion at the Dallas launch of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, the Center’s director, Baylor Professor of Computer Engineering Robert J. Marks, offered some thoughts on the evening’s topic, “Will “Smart” Machines Take Over Our Jobs?”