Tag: "computers and AI"

Probably Approximately Correct by Leslie Valiant

Joshua Schrier is approximately correct, probably.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020: Books]

The Astrobiological Cat

Predrag Slijepcevic questions standard views of intelligence by thinking on an evolutionary scale.
[Issue 135: December 2019 / January 2020: Articles]

Artificial Consciousness: Our Greatest Ethical Challenge

Paul Conrad Samuelsson takes the perspective of the computer for a change.
[Issue 132: June/July 2019: Articles]

Living with Robots by Paul Dumouchel & Luisa Damiano

Richard Baron wonders what changes in our own thinking it would take to live with sociable robots.
[Issue 132: June/July 2019: Books]

Jon Carter’s Cartoon

by Jon Carter
[Issue 132: June/July 2019: Cartoon]

Thought, Consciousness, Brains and Machines

Adrian Brockless on the proper way to use the words ‘thought’ and ‘consciousness’.
[Issue 130: February/March 2019: Mind & Self]

Moral Blind Spots

Gerald Jones discusses how we judge the past, how we will one day be judged, and what we can do about it.
[Issue 128: October/November 2018: Frankenstein & Philosophy]

The Parable of the Ultimate Computer

Michael Langford computes the future of computing the future.
[Issue 127: August/September 2018: Short Story]

What Is It Like To Be A Bot?

Keith Frankish asks if it’s possible to know whether humans, or robots, have minds.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018: Fiction]

Could a Robot be Conscious?

Brian King says only if some specific conditions are met.
[Issue 125: April/May 2018: Articles]