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Category: Opinion

Do university professors have an obligation to teach both sides of an issue?

September 24, 2023 caseydorman Leave a comment

The way our universities work today is a topic on many people’s minds. It’s a topic not limited to one…

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The Book Banning Controversy: How About We Listen to Each Other?

September 19, 2023 caseydorman Leave a comment

At the risk of alienating everyone, I’m going to present my thoughts on the book-banning debate. If I had to…

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Alien Minds in Science Fiction

September 16, 2023 caseydorman 1 Comment

My morning scan of internet news sources—reputable, disreputable, licit, and illicit—unearthed the tantalizing headline, “The true story of the fake…

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Posted in: Book Review, Casey Dorman Newsletter, Casey Dorman's Writer's Blog/Fan Page, consciousness, Opinion, Science Fiction, Space, Uncategorized

Science Fiction and Alternative Histories can Change Society

September 9, 2023 caseydorman

Within literature, there is a long tradition of using science fiction and alternative histories to comment on current society. Several…

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Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Book Review, Casey Dorman Newsletter, Casey Dorman's Writer's Blog/Fan Page, Opinion, Science Fiction, Uncategorized

The Freedom of Writing Fiction

September 3, 2023 caseydorman

I write both fiction and nonfiction and have published books in both genres. My next novel will be my fifteenth.…

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The Most Important AI Paper You’ll Read This Year

August 31, 2023 caseydorman

(Unless  otherwise indicated, all quotations are from the paper listed as #1 in the reference section) In a recent paper…

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Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Casey Dorman Newsletter, Casey Dorman's Writer's Blog/Fan Page, consciousness, Opinion, Uncategorized Filed under: AI

ChatGPT is not a Chinese Room

August 23, 2023 caseydorman

John Searle John Searle’s Chinese Room (1) thought experiment is often used as an argument for why AI is not,…

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Oppenheimer and Superintelligence

August 6, 2023 caseydorman 2d Comments

Ralf Stapelfeldt recently criticized Nick Bostrom’s idea of Superintelligence by asking the question, “Can there be a dumb Superintelligence?1”  Stapelfeldt…

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Review of Observer—Wonderful, But Just Remember It’s Science Fiction

July 30, 2023 caseydorman 1 Comment

Observer by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress Story Plant: 2023 Sometimes scientists turn to science fiction to express their ideas…

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Is Biocentrism Real Science? Review of Beyond Biocentrism by Robert Lanza and Bob Berman

July 27, 2023 caseydorman 2d Comments

I’ve read rave reviews of Robert Lanza’s and Nancy Kress’ science fiction novel, Observer. After learning that it is based…

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Will AIs Replace Us?

July 24, 2023 caseydorman

Four hundred scholars and computer scientists recently issued a warning about the potentially catastrophic dangers of artificial intelligence, saying, “Mitigating…

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A Dire Warning from AI Experts

May 31, 2023 caseydorman

“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and…

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What’s Geoffrey Hinton Really Afraid Of?

May 8, 2023 caseydorman 1 Comment

Last week, Google’s Chief AI scientist, Geoffrey Hinton, sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” resigned and offered interviews…

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Can Science Fiction Rescue Our Future?— Population Growth, Fertility, Automation, and Nationalism

April 9, 2023 caseydorman

Elon Musk recently sent out the alarm that, “Italy is disappearing!” No, he didn’t mean that Venice was slipping underwater,…

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The Most Dangerous Epoch of All

March 20, 2023 caseydorman

In 2000, Eugene Stormer and Paul Crutzen introduced the title “Anthropocene” to denote the modern epoch in which “major and still…

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Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Casey Dorman Newsletter, Casey Dorman's Writer's Blog/Fan Page, Opinion, Science Fiction Filed under: AI, Global Warming, scifi, spacetravel, Technology

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