Category Archives: Technology

Quora – AI & creativity

Posted on June 30, 2019 by

Quora – Can we create an artificial intelligent system which can think creatively? Short and obvious answer is yes – beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt. The long answer is beyond the scope of a post like this, but if … Continue reading →

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Quora – AI and risk

Posted on June 19, 2019 by

How do we see the relationship between intelligence explosion and existential risk from artificial general intelligence? Who is the we you refer to? As I see it, as someone interested in this suite of subjects for over 50 years, there … Continue reading →

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Quora – AI and mankind

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

Quora – How will artificial intelligence influence mankind? This is an extremely deep and interesting question. Artificial intelligence isn’t a singular thing, it is a spectrum of classes of systems spanning many orders of magnitude, and exponentially expanding for the … Continue reading →

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Climate Change

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

It seems clear to me that the problem of maintaining a reasonably steady temperature and sea level is real enough (at least to some significant degree). Human induced warming is definitely a strong possibility, but the climate stability of the … Continue reading →

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Future of Humanity

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

NZ Skeptics – What would be the most accurate, educated guesswork out there of what humanity will be like in a 1,000 years? I’m cautiously optimistic that we will survive the next 50 years (70/30), and if we manage that, … Continue reading →

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Philosophers and scientists

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

Are philosophers realy scientists? Where do we draw the line? Depends how one interprets the question. A philosopher who is true to the name is a lover of wisdom. Wisdom is that quality of judging accurately in matters relating to … Continue reading →

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Climate Change

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

Foundations of Logic Group – Michael Ward asked – With so many doomsday scenarios being propagated about the consequences of global warning I am curious as to precisely what will actually happen and when. The assumption I am making is … Continue reading →

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