Today’s guest is Bret Weinstein. Bret is a former Evergreen State College Professor at the centre of a massive controversy and a tort claim (which he has just settled) surrounding a day of absence at the University, which you can read more about below. We got into numerous fascinating discussions about the nature and problems…
Tag: Artificial Intelligence
What Can Westworld Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness?
Eventually, we will be able to simulate the human brain in all its glory, 86 billion neurons down to the last synapse. This eventuality leaves a rather large question mark over the issue of human consciousness; given that an artificial intelligence modelled on the human brain could theoretically have the same make up…
The Ideological Turing Test: More Important Than Ever?
For those of you unfamiliar with the Turing Test, it was first proposed by Alan Turing in 1951 in a paper called ‘the imitation game’. In Lehman’s terms, it proposed a test in which there are 3 connected computers in 3 separate rooms. In one room sits a human, in the second a computer, and…
How Can We Use Artificial Intelligence When We Can’t Handle Real Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence is no longer coming, it is here, and 2017 will see deep learning and AI technology applied across nearly every industry on the planet. It can be applied to study noise on bridges to look for failures or weak points, to help doctors detect cancer or tumours, or even help you…
