The brutally honest truth about Artificial Intelligence is that it cannot become conscious as it currently exists. Put simply, we don’t even understand consciousness. John Lennox has put this very simply: God has… put intelligence together with consciousness. These machines are not conscious. Nor are they ever likely to be for a very simple reason.Continue reading “AI Cannot Become Conscious”
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The “Artificial” in Artificial Intelligence Really Matters
The following quote is from a debate in the 1970’s. In it, John McCarthy, the man who coined the term Artificial Intelligence, explained why we invented the term. Below is the full quote, and a link to the video (see timestamp 46:10): Excuse me. I invented the term artificial intelligence. I invented it because weContinue reading “The “Artificial” in Artificial Intelligence Really Matters”
The Vague Collective and the Singularity
In 1937, Aktiengesetz (Stock Corporation Act, the Nazi Shareholder Act, or the German Corporation Act) was passed. In the name of the Volk (the people, specifically those who shared the political ideology of Nazism), cooperate interests were placed secondarily to the perceived interests of the Volk.[1] Owners, shareholders, and their profits, were put in subservienceContinue reading “The Vague Collective and the Singularity”