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The Substance of Consciousness
J. P. Moreland and Brandon Rickabaugh
October 31, 2023
Natural and Artificial Intelligence
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The Substance of Consciousness

J. P. Moreland and Brandon Rickabaugh
October 31, 2023
Natural and Artificial Intelligence
2

A singularly powerful and rigorous argument in favor of modern substance dualism. In The Substance of Consciousness: A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism, two distinguished philosophers deliver a unique and powerful defense of contemporary substance dualism, which makes the claim that the human person is an embodied fundamental, immaterial, and unifying substance. Multidisciplinary in scope, the book explores areas Read More ›

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Smiling business colleagues greeting each other outdoors
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Andrew McDiarmid
December 13, 2021
Technology
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To Preserve Humanity We Must Reunite One Hello at a Time

Andrew McDiarmid
December 13, 2021
Technology
4
Greeting others verbally in public spaces, and when possible using their names, is a small thing. Yet, it can be a catalyst for change, an inspiration to persevere, a reminder of personal worth, an encouragement for the weary. Read More ›
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Gaming AI Book Cover
George Gilder
October 15, 2020
Economics, Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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Gaming AI

George Gilder
October 15, 2020
Economics, Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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Pointing to the triumph of artificial intelligence over unaided humans in everything from games such as chess and Go to vital tasks such as protein folding and securities trading, many experts uphold the theory of a “singularity.” This is the trigger point when human history ends and artificial intelligence prevails in an exponential cascade of self-replicating machines rocketing toward godlike supremacy in the universe. Gaming AI suggests that this belief is both dumb and self-defeating. Gaming AI calls for a remedial immersion in the industry’s own heroic history and an understanding of the actual science of their own human minds. Read More ›
The Death of Humanity
Richard Weikart
April 4, 2016
Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism
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The Death of Humanity

Richard Weikart
April 4, 2016
Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism
2
Do you believe human life is inherently valuable? Unfortunately, in the secularized age of state-sanctioned euthanasia and abortion-on-demand, many are losing faith in the simple value of human life. To the disillusioned, human beings are a cosmic accident whose intrinsic value is worth no more than other animals. The Death of Humanity explores our culture’s declining respect for the sanctity of human life, drawing on philosophy and history to reveal the dark road ahead for society if we lose our faith in human life. Read More ›
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Jay W. Richards and George Gilder
June 6, 2001
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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Are We Spiritual Machines?

Jay W. Richards and George Gilder
June 6, 2001
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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In the closing session of the 1998 Telecosm conference, hosted annually by Gilder Publishing and Forbes at Lake Tahoe, inventor and author Ray Kurzweil engaged a number of critics. He advocated “Strong Artificial Intelligence” (AI), the claim that a computational process sufficiently capable of altering or organizing itself can produce “consciousness.” The session had an unexpectedly profound impact, not least Read More ›