antiviral (u/antiviral)

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defrost · 2 years ago

There's no need to downvote that I see.

What does need a note is that the author of your quote does not practice science.

Denyse O'Leary is a staunch intelligent design apologist who literally believes in and promotes supernatural explainations for evolution.

Such is her right, but some self awareness would go a long way here.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Denyse_O%27Leary

antiviral · 2 years ago

Per my other reply, i am curious about the content of article and how (formerly) prominent biologists have been affected and punished. The story about carol hooven, the former harvard scientist, was especially disheartening.

richard dawkins was no creationist either. the article mentions how his award was taken away for stating his opinion. Any thoughts on that?

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cratermoon · 2 years ago

From the site:

> Mind Matters is operated by the non-profit Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Discovery Institute in Seattle.

> The Center is directed by Dr. Robert J. Marks, a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. Dr. Marks hosts the Mind Matters podcast, while the written part of the Mind Matters site is edited by science journalist Denyse O’Leary.

O'Leary has written several apologist books for intelligent design, most notably By Design or by Chance, as well as articles for William Dembski's blog Uncommon Descent. Dembski is a proponent of "intelligent design" who was at one time a part-time post-doctoral researcher for Dr. Robert J. Marks. Dembski also set up the Polanyi Center, an "intelligent design" thinktank.

The Discovery institute pushes pseudoscientific "Intelligent Design" with its "Teach the Controversy" campaign.

antiviral · 2 years ago

interesting.. what about the content of the article itself?

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antiviral · 2 years ago

I wasn't going to post this article, but this part caught my attention:

"In an earlier post, I asked whether scientists might soon be forced to consider the occult as science. Perhaps some readers think the concern far-fetched. But consider: Science is as dependent on the concept of public truth as the great religions are. In an age when private truth is rapidly gaining in power, it is just as vulnerable as religion."

Feel free to downvote me.

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shusfuejdn · 2 years ago

AI is parasitic just like the rest of the software industry. It's also a fraud perpetrated by evil people against the gullible and against themselves.

antiviral · 2 years ago

Why is it a fraud?

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antiviral · 2 years ago

This is a recipe for killing an industry:

"When OpenAI’s ChatGPT took the world by storm last year, it caught many power brokers in both Silicon Valley and Washington, DC, by surprise. The US government should now get advance warning of future AI breakthroughs involving large language models, the technology behind ChatGPT.

The Biden administration is preparing to use the Defense Production Act to compel tech companies to inform the government when they train an AI model using a significant amount of computing power. The rule could take effect as soon as next week.

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