Artificial Intelligence / Philosophy Fridays
8 Jun, 2017
John Searle is the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. In this “Talk at Google,” he focuses on the philosophy of mind and the potential for consciousness in artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Philosophy Fridays
19 May, 2017
Siraj Raval talks about how me ended up here and what it will take to keep humanity safe from rogue AI in this unusually philosophical video.
28 Apr, 2017
PBS Space Time covers the work of Ludwig Boltzman. It’s a double dose of science and philosophy. (The two are not as unrelated as you may think.)
31 Mar, 2017
The German philosopher Hegel believed that history has much to teach us. Civilization do not progress in a straight line, so important ideas and attitudes get left behind.
17 Mar, 2017
For this Philosophy Friday, let’s talk about Stoicism, the philosophical school of thought that inspired Marcus Aurelius and a really great episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
10 Mar, 2017
On this Philosophy Friday, I figured there’s no school like the old school and going back to where Western Philosophy started, Ancient Greece and Plato.
3 Mar, 2017
On this week’s Philosophy Friday, let’s take a closer look at Baruch Spinoza, who dug deep into the nature of the Universe and extended the Stoic tradition of ancient Greece.
Artificial Intelligence / Philosophy Fridays
23 Feb, 2017
Normally, I’d save a discussion like this for Philosophy Fridays, but given the rapid pace of the AI research, it may be too late by then. In all seriousness, you have to wonder about the legal wrangling that will occur in our lifetimes or the lifetimes of our children.
3 Feb, 2017
In honor of my passion for data science, this Philosophy Friday is devoted to DesCartes, who’s work in mathematics nearly rivals his work in philosophy. It’s for whom the term “Cartesian Product” is named. Data nerds know the deal. In fact, here’s a joke about DesCartes I found on Reddit....
26 Jan, 2017
Ludwig Wittgenstein, a philosopher who was obsessed with the difficulties of language, wanted to help us find a way out of some of the complications we get into with words.
