Chris Hughes: It’s time to break up Facebook
In order to break up Facebook, the government must hold Mark Zuckerberg for the company he built.
AI Overview And Worldview
Why blackholes are simpler than forests
Astrophysicist Martin Rees says that a reductionist explanation isn’t always the best, or the most useful one.
Americans divided over AI
US-based tech companies may be making leaps and bounds when it comes to AI development, but not all Americans understand what is happening.
Creator of the world’s most important face dataset wants facial recognition tech regulated
Why is it important to regulate facial recognition software?
Is it possible to have silicon based life?
Is it possible for new forms of life to be based on something other than carbon?
Are machines conscious?
Risk Group CEO Jayshree Pandya thinks that machine are conscious and self-aware. Do you agree with her?
Philosophy begins where physics ends
Philosophy is still relevant in this highly scientific period. In fact, it could be the very field that will propel us towards an appreciation of the future.
Neural science cannot save materialist science
Science is showing, neuronal activity does not create consciousness. How then can neural networks save materialist science from obsolescence?
Neuronal activity does not create consciousness
Research shows that consciousness cannot simply be attributed to the brain’s neuronal activity.
Climate activist Bill McKibben is concerned about AI and genetic engineering
Environmentalist Bill McKibben believes that climate change, AI, and genetic engineering all stem from issues of human solidarity.