Category: Philosophy 2
Posts for the Philosophy 2 Group
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TESCREAL: AI in the service of the super rich
Earth is doomed! AI is being developed to take the elite to other planets! Read more
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Assessing Deep Learning: A Work Program for the Humanities in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
How does AI and Deep Learning actually work? What are the potential real benefits and threats, and can we stay in control of it? Read more
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AI: Its Benefits and Threats
What benefits of AI do we look forward using, and what are its threats? Read more
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Our Perception of Time
We have looked at the physics of time, but how do we actually feel or experience time? Read more
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The Nature of Time
We tried to get to some understanding of the nature of time as described by mainstream physics. Read more
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Logic
We heard about the development of logic from that of ancient Greece through to modern logics (yes - there are variants) and learnt how to read formal logic statements Read more
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Embodied Cognition.
Merleau-Ponty was a psychologist, philosopher and educator who refuted the mind-body duality of Descartes and pointed out that we cannot stand outside the world but can only observe it as a part of it. Read more
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Should Science ever be stopped?
Should science ever be stopped? And does AI mean the end of humanity or is it just the next evolutionary step? Read more
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Evil, and The Problem of Evil
We examined Evil; what is it and why would God let it happen? Read more
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Religion and Science - their Interaction
We discussed “Religion and Science” - their Interaction. Science is about how things work and religion is about how to live your life. Read more