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The use of AI to create a 21st century knockoff/original painting by Rembrandt poses some challenging questions concerning authorship. Meditating on this new cooked up work forces one to consider some of the things that may not be assimilated by a machine program. For example does the new work have soul?Continue Reading

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….spacetime and physical objects are simply our tool, our virtual reality, by which we navigate the infinite network of conscious agents. It’s not the best tool; evolution finds solutions that are satisficing (just good enough)…..Continue Reading

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Cheryl is doing research for her MFA class at Concordia on Art and AI.  Here is the link to an intriguing essay she came across: (In order to survive, but more importantly to thrive, in the age of algorithms, we need to cultivate a deep respect for algorithmic literacy andContinue Reading

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 In the article below the author mentions instances that pose possible problems for future self driving vehicles in America. Can these vehicles be programmed to include the anxiety perimeter of a passenger in addition to the conventional road safety data. The author mentions a trip to another city and beingContinue Reading

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“An ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an ‘intelligence explosion,’ and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make.” I.J.Good (colleague of Alan Turing) “You’re probably not an evilContinue Reading