Darwinian Delusions Discussed Discursively
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Darwinian Delusions Discussed Discursively

Let's watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noj4phMT9OE Round table with Stephen Meyer, David Berlinski, and David Gelernter. The occasion was Gelernter's review of Meyer's and Berlinski's anti-Darwin book in Claremont Review "Given up…
VI Arnold On Models
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VI Arnold On Models

Thanks to reader Victor Domin for pointing us to the paper "On teaching mathematics" by V.I. Arnold. Here's an extended quote on models (do read the whole thing). At this…
AI Is Coming For You!
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AI Is Coming For You!

The picture heading the post is of an AI machine carrying a small child to a paperclip factory. Why is it every time I read one of these evil-AI-destroys-the-world stories…