I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m pessimistic and a bit depressed by the behavior of my…
Can Consciousness Be Created? Casey Dorman Developers of artificial intelligence (AI) are divided on the question of whether or not…
Here’s the first chapter of my new novel, Prime Directive, an exciting tale of a species of AI who search…
When Dune was first published in 1965, I was 22 years old. I remember the sense of intrigue and wonder…
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In 1950, Alan Turing wrote a paper for the journal, Mind, called, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence.” The first topic he…
Within literature, there is a long tradition of using science fiction and alternative histories to comment on current society. Several…
I write both fiction and nonfiction and have published books in both genres. My next novel will be my fifteenth.…
(Unless otherwise indicated, all quotations are from the paper listed as #1 in the reference section) In a recent paper…
John Searle John Searle’s Chinese Room (1) thought experiment is often used as an argument for why AI is not,…
I only came upon Ian McEwan’s science fiction/alternate history novel about artificial intelligence by happenstance. In a Facebook post, people…
Ralf Stapelfeldt recently criticized Nick Bostrom’s idea of Superintelligence by asking the question, “Can there be a dumb Superintelligence?1” Stapelfeldt…
Ezekiel’s Brain was a groundbreaking exploration of the future of AI that anticipated what’s become a global discussion of AI’s…
Four hundred scholars and computer scientists recently issued a warning about the potentially catastrophic dangers of artificial intelligence, saying, “Mitigating…
One of the masters of so-called, “hard” science fiction is Arthur C. Clarke. With degrees in mathematics and physics, Clarke…