By Andrew D. Chapman *** Much-Too-Quick Overviews, written, produced, and presented by Andrew D. Chapman, is a series of easily accessible, concise presentations of otherwise not-so-easily-accessible, not-so-concise philosophy, intended as starting-points for further independent inquiry and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the professional academy. PREVIOUS EPISODES: 1. Existentialism 2. Feminism

By Robert Hanna *** You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay HERE. *** The Myth of Artificial Intelligence and Why It Persists No digital computing systems or digital technology, no matter how sophisticated or tricked-out with high-tech bells and whistles, will ever be able to equal or exceed the essentially embodied innate mental capacities…

By Otto Paans [High modernism] is best conceived as a strong, one might even say muscle-bound, version of the self-confidence about scientific and technical progress, the expansion of production, the growing satisfaction of human needs, the mastery of nature (including human nature), and, above all, the rational design of social order commensurate with…

By Robert Hanna *** You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay HERE. *** Hinton & Me: Don’t Pause Giant AI Experiments, Ban Them In an open letter published online in late March 2023, directed not only to the digital technology and AI community in particular but also to the world more generally, card-carrying members of…

By Otto Paans High modernism] is best conceived as a strong, one might even say muscle-bound, version of the self-confidence about scientific and technical progress, the expansion of production, the growing satisfaction of human needs, the mastery of nature (including human nature), and, above all, the rational design of social order commensurate with…

By Otto Paans High modernism] is best conceived as a strong, one might even say muscle-bound, version of the self-confidence about scientific and technical progress, the expansion of production, the growing satisfaction of human needs, the mastery of nature (including human nature), and, above all, the rational design of social order commensurate with…

By Andrew D. Chapman *** Much-Too-Quick Overviews, written, produced, and presented by Andrew D. Chapman, is a series of easily accessible, concise presentations of otherwise not-so-easily-accessible, not-so-concise philosophy, intended as starting-points for further independent inquiry and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the professional academy. *** PREVIOUS EPISODES: 1. Existentialism

By Robert Hanna

By Andrew D. Chapman *** Much-Too-Quick Overviews, written, produced, and presented by Andrew D. Chapman, is a series of easily accessible, concise presentations of otherwise not-so-easily-accessible, not-so-concise philosophy, intended as starting-points for further independent inquiry and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the professional academy. *** PREVIOUS EPISODES: 1. Existentialism