the singularity

Seattle — Will smart machines someday replace attorneys, physicians, computer programmers, and world leaders? What about composers, painters, and novelists? Are we just wetware, natural computers doomed to obsolescence by tomorrow’s ultra-powerful artificial intelligence? A pioneer in computing intelligence says “no way.”    Robert J. Marks, II newest book, Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will (Discovery Institute Press 2022) explains how humans are unique and why artificial intelligence will never replicate humans.  In Non-Computable You Marks answers these and other fascinating questions with his trademark blend of whimsy and expertise. Catch a glimpse of the geniuses behind today’s AI — their foibles, follies, and friendships — as told by someone on the inside. Under the author’s Read More ›

As the third and final speaker at the Dallas launch of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, philosopher of technology George Gilder, author of Life after Google, offered some insights into the ultimate vision of the current AI technocrats. See also: “George Gilder: Life after Google will be okay“. “Seriously, the Google people do not believe that Read More ›

Bestselling author and economist Jay W. Richards makes the definitive case for how the free market and individual responsibility can save the American Dream in an age of automation and mass disruption. For two and a half centuries, America has been held together by the belief that if you work hard and conduct yourself responsibly in this country, you will be Read More ›