The arrival of the most practically functional version of artificial intelligence in this decade has virtually revolutionized the way we understand intelligence itself, and challenges our comprehension of just what it means for language to communicate ideas. The way we form our linguistic communications as humans, which we could previously and routinely utilize as an … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence: A Revolution Underway
It is becoming more evident these days that it is very likely, given our advanced knowledge of quantum theory, that everything is connected, and what we perceive as separate objective reality is, in fact, a manifestation of a universal oneness to everything that exists, constructed in its various different forms, as the physical universe of … Continue reading Cognitive Speculation
The only means of strengthening one's intelligence is to make up one's mind about nothing-- to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts. - John Keats (1795 - 1821) No matter what aspect of conscious experience we wish to consider, whether it involves a clearly temporal action or event like wrestling an alligator, … Continue reading The Dynamics of Consciousness
There have been a number of indications in my daily experience recently which seem to point toward an opening to a new direction in my ongoing pursuit to begin to unravel some of the mystery presented by our struggle to understand the nature and character of our subjective experience of human consciousness, and to present … Continue reading Just A Coincidence?
There are a number of interesting developments in artificial intelligence these days, and the progress being made in making these technologies useful, especially in the medical and educational realms, gives us some cause for optimism regarding their use in the future. Even the current selection of options available in AI chat-bot applications, represent an impressive … Continue reading Developments In Artificial Intelligence
Digging through the information stored in my brain in memory is sometimes like conducting an archival search of historical records. Even though, according to modern neuroscience, reviewing our memories is not usually a precise recreation of those remembered moments, stored over the years in which they were relegated to long-term status, we actually reassemble the … Continue reading The Archives In My Brain and In My Heart
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted." - Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Recent reading and contemplation have brought up a number of serious reconsiderations of … Continue reading To Everything…There is a Season
“If you were able to create an immortal version of yourself, would you? Until this decade, that question was the stuff of science fiction, but now experts in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics suggest it will indeed be possible.” --excerpt from film promo Throughout the tumultuous days in the recent past, I never … Continue reading New Year Ahead: Artificial Immortality
In this month's edition of my Consciousness Video Series, I put together a review of a recent book by Dr. Alan Lightman called, "The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality In The Age of Science." In a wonderful development, my review of Dr. Lightman's book, "A Sense of the Mysterious," apparently caught his eye, and he sent me … Continue reading Consciousness Video Series: Episode 11: The Transcendent Brain Reply to Alan Lightman +plus: A Porch With A View
I am more aware than ever of my fragility and my mortality. Lately, everything I see and take in reminds me that, as time progresses, there may now be much less time to waste, and yet sometimes what to a casual observer may seem like wasting time is actually an effort to completely immerse myself … Continue reading Reminiscing and Reverie
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