The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values By Brian Christian I must admit that I was taken by surprise…
In her book, Artificial You, philosopher and author, Susan Schneider says that if Aliens visit Earth, they will most likely…
Is Consciousness an Epiphenomenon?Image from Christof Koch (2004) “Figure 1.1: Neuronal correlates of consciousness” in The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological…
If the question or some of the words in the title are unfamiliar to you, it means: could consciousness be…
Watch my July 5th interview on Parrot Literary Corner. Some of the books I talked about are shown below.
The recent release of a government report on UFOs leaves more questions unanswered than answered. There is little to link…
In my novel, Ezekiel’s Brain, plus in many other sci-fi AI stories (Pandora’s Brain, Robopocalypse, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Isaac…
I got the idea for my novel, Ezekiel’s Brain from reading Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence. Bostrom defines superintelligence as “any intellect…
In 2004, I wrote I, Carlos, a novel in which a new form of entertainment, called neurostories, involved implanting a…
Some books have the power to generate iconic images of the future. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, for instance, with…
Our human minds were constructed over hundreds of thousands of years (actually millions of years, considering pre-human evolution), cellular circuit…
Could humans disappear from earth? Far-fetched as it sounds, the chances of such an outcome are not as small as…
Today’s the day. Ezekiel’s Brain, my new mind-bending science fiction novel about artificial intelligence and space travel is published and…
Over the last several decades, science fiction has merged with fantasy and retrovisionary techno-fiction (e.g., steampunk), to expand its subject…
Many years ago, when I was in college, I remember hearing about a new TV series that was a “must…