Category Archives: AI

Review of the 2017 Annual Meeting

Posted on April 10, 2017 by David Snoke 2 Comments

The annual was great fun for all for attended, with controversial and stimulating talks and robust discussion as always. Several attendees wished that these meetings could happen more often! This was our largest meeting yet, with about 60 people in … Continue reading →

AI, Darwinism, Events, Global Warming, History of Science, Human exceptionalism, Mind and Brain

Book Review: An engineering approach to fiction?

Posted on August 31, 2015 by David Snoke Leave a comment

Diary of a Robot, by Lewis Jenkins, (available at Lulu)  clearly bears the stamp that its author has a long history doing engineering in high-tech firms. The book revolves around the question: what is a “good” robot? If I am an engineer and … Continue reading →

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