The theology and philosophy of the Atlantic article “Is AI a Threat to Christianity?” proves that it was all downhill after the schoolmen in the sad twilight of the Middle Ages adopted […]
What Neural Nets Really Are: Or, Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Says Start Over
There is ancient wisdom in the phrase never believe your own press that computer scientists have laid aside in their quest to discover “artificial” “intelligence”. In the Axios article “Artificial intelligence pioneer […]
Machines Can’t Learn (Universals): The Abacus As Brain Part II
Read Our Intellects Are Not Computers: The Abacus As Brain Part I first. Machines can learn, all right. But they can’t learn like us. Machines cannot apprehend universals, ideas of truth and […]
Summary Against Modern Thought: Happiness Comes In Thinking
Previous post. Intellect trumps will, but willpower is good. Whether felicity consists in a will act 1 Now, since an intellectual substance, through its own operation, attains to God, not only by […]
What Is It You Truly Desire — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel this? Does anyone else perceive that there has been an upsurge in the discussion on the probability of Heaven/Hell No, not just an […]
Summary Against Modern Thought: The Human Soul Is Not Transmitted Via Sex, Part I
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. A chapter in which […]
Vatican Analyzes The Difference Between Humans And Robots
Soon a robot will ask you if you want fries with that. Computer screens already do, in some locales. How does that make you feel? Hungry? That could be taken more than […]
Summary Against Modern Thought: Our Intellect Is Not A Separate Substance
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. We have several more […]
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