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Mr. Improbability

A silly story to honor March Madness AI Assistance Disclosure: The author used artificial intelligence in the development of this story. At six foot six, Liam O’Donoghue had spent much of his life disappointing strangers. They saw the height first and the rest later. In airports, grocery stores, church parking lots, and restaurants, people always asked, “You play basketball?” Liam always gave the same answer. “No.” The more accurate answer would have been: not successfully. He was twenty years old, broad-shouldered, long-armed, and naturally unathletic. He could dribble only as the ball directed him. He could not pivot without risk to bystanders or furniture. He had never developed a jump shot, a layup package, or any other part of the Read More ›

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Human Uterus Kept Functioning Outside the Body for Experiments

The team members want to keep donated human uteruses alive long enough to see a full menstrual cycle.

The plan ultimately is to manufacture human life solely for experimenting upon, toward the utilitarian end of making embryos and fetuses that might eventually be used for “fetal farming”.

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AI Artificial Intelligence Review Part 3: Out of the Pool and Into the Woods

What kind of robotic programmers give an android consciousness but then forget to stress the importance of air?

He’s going to pull on your heartstrings to obfuscate from that all-important question: what is the definition of “real,” or to put it more directly, is endowed value real?

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In vitro image of a human fetus in the womb

Force Pregnant Girls to Have Abortions, Says Ethics Article

The authors coin a term, “antigirlism,” to describe young females as victims.

Both opponents of abortion and liberal defenders of a woman’s right to control her own body make a mistake in relation to impregnated children.

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Dogs Are So Much Like Humans

Dogs can read facial expressions, communicate jealousy, and display empathy.

A Japanese study found that simply looking at a dog can increase levels of oxytocin, a chemical released by the pituitary gland that’s associated with human bonding and affection.

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Crucial Links to the Eyes, Bones, and Mind

The eye is the most fascinating organ in the human body.

In literature, one of the most famous books of the 20th century and beyond focuses on vision: 1984, with Big Brother always watching you.

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Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Anti–’Nature Rights’ Legislation

The nature-rights movement is ultimately about thwarting human enterprise.

Most such laws grant anyone who believes nature’s rights to have been violated standing in court to bring suit, opening the door to extreme lawfare and making it almost impossible to obtain liability insurance.

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AI: Artificial Intelligence Review Part 2

A couple has a son in a coma, and it seems unlikely that the child will wake up.

The idea of picking a robot child to replace a real son is very disturbing, but disturbing or not, the parents aren’t allowed to have another child to begin with.

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Meta Retreats from the Metaverse

While Meta is scaling back on the metaverse, it is reportedly switching focus to artificial intelligence.

The ambitious project never paid its expected dividends. Consumers simply weren’t as interested in these VR headsets as Zuckerberg thought they would be.

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Reflections on the ‘Brave New World’ of Farming

Unfortunately, we’ve come a long way from those Halcyon laidback hazy days of the sitcom TV classic, Green Acres

When it comes to farming, the Dutch government has decided nitrogen is the devil that plagues the Netherlands, but the UK government is fighting a war against its own Beelzebub which takes shape in the form of methane.

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University Pushes ‘Tree Rights’

As we have seen before, “tree rights” advocacy principles are steeped in mysticism and neo-paganism.

“Tree rights” is a subset of the overarching “nature rights” movement, which also includes “river rights,” “ocean rights,” and even “rights for the moon.”

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Will AI End Deep Thinking?

AI usage can prevent older people from developing critical thinking skills.

They say Amazon is rolling out AI use in a haphazard way while also tracking their AI use, and they’re worried the company is essentially using them to train their eventual bot replacements.

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AI: Artificial Intelligence Review Part 1

Both the film and the short story question the definition of “real,” not reality

When the scientist proposes creating a robot child who can love, the audience is bound to be asking the obvious question: Is that possible?

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Does the ‘Mind Have its Own Place’?

And does Trump’s Mind Matter When He Echos “Paradise Lost”?

Let us not forget that the Founding Fathers of the US Constitution all read, and were probably influenced, by Milton’s poem.

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Two Small Robots Interact in a Garden Setting

What is Meta Up To? Big Tech Turns to AI Investment

The social media giant bought a social media site made up of bots.

Maybe AI will force us to reckon with the reality of the soul, which I also wager that no computer system can generate.

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Skull Assorted Poison Bottles

Euthanasia of the Mentally Ill Increasing in the Netherlands

Requests for euthanasia on psychiatric grounds have risen sharply

The Dutch experiment with psychiatric euthanasia, particularly in youth, can no longer be described as cautious, balanced, or exemplary.

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