AI from a Catholic Perspective
In this post I look at the different perspectives that science and Catholicism have on the topic of AI and things like consciousness.
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Technology
Giving AI Something We Don’t Have – Common Sense
Scientists are trying hard to give AI another elusive element: common sense. But how can we bequeath something if we’re slowly losing it ourselves?
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Searching for the Human Soul in Artificial Intelligence
In this post I look at the fact that AI is and always will be fundamentally unintelligent because it lacks a core component: a soul. We are unique creatures. The soul gives us understanding and free will – something that we cannot give to machines.
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The Need for New Terminology in Artificial Intelligence
There is a fundamental difference between humans and machines. Jack Ma, Chinese business magnate, co-founder of Alibaba, 35th richest man in the world, once said (in his half-broken English): Computers only have chips, men have the heart. It’s the heart where the wisdom comes from. Forgive me if I also quote myself on this topic:
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AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee – Review
“AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order” is a book about the current state of Artificial Intelligence. Although published in late 2018 – light years ago for computer science – it is still very much relevant. This is important because it is the best book on AI that I have read to date. I’d hate for it to become obsolete because it is simply the most level-headed and accurate analysis of the topic currently in print.
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The Problem of Technology – As Raised by Gaudium et Spes
“The council focuses its attention on the world of men, the whole human family along with the sum of those realities in the midst of which it lives” (GS 2). One such reality the Council discusses in Gaudium et Spes is that of technology. There is no doubt that technology has changed profoundly the “circumstances
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