Freewill and determinism are both true. This philosophical position, called compatibilism, requires a true and specific understanding of the two key concepts involved. A number of core problems and misconceptions have so far prevented this view from becoming generally accepted: A mis-identification of what “freewill” actually refers to. Confusion between…

TRUE MORALITY — RATIONAL PRINCIPLES FOR OPTIMAL LIVING — Ethics, or morality, is a system of principles that helps us tell right from wrong, good from bad. This definition, by itself, tells us nothing about the standard by which we establish or measure right and wrong. The centuries have seen many different approaches to ethics; none seem to be…

“By 2020, 85% of consumer interactions will be managed by Chatbots and the average person will have more conversations a day with bots than they do with their spouse.” — Gartner 2016 “In 2018, 94% of adults have experienced frustration while using Chatbots.” — The Harris Poll 2019 There are…

How Real AI will improve our lives — Most AI that we see around us today is narrow and not very intelligent. It doesn’t learn interactively, doesn’t have common sense, and can’t reason or explain itself. ‘Real AI’ or Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is just starting to emerge and becoming available. AGI inherently has the attributes we’d expect…

Amazon’s Alexa recently received some deservedly bad press for a spectacular failure: She mistakenly sent a recording of a couple’s private conversation to one of their employees! Now in their defense one could say that any complex technology is bound to fail in some rare unforeseen circumstances. Amazon explained that: …

Today, so called ‘personal assistants’ aren’t PAs, and they aren’t personal. First of all, you’d expect a PA to understand and remember some random, but important fact about yourself; like for example: “I don’t really like sushi”. You would expect your PA to remember this and to take it into…

“Google’s Duplex AI Demo Just Passed the Turing Test” — I’m not sure if the headline of this article reflects out-of-control hype or extreme ignorance. Or both. Certainly, Google’s demo looks very impressive — but passing the Turing Test? The Turing Test requires that you have an ongoing, free-flowing conversation on any topic, and not being able to tell that…

Well, yes, in principle. Are they likely to? No. It isn’t in their DNA. One could also ask: Why couldn't Microsoft with all of their billions stop upstart Google? Or Google with their resources decimate early Facebook? Or Walmart compete with little Amazon? Large company are incredibly good at leveraging…

Natural Language, Cognitive Architectures & The Third Wave Getting Chatbots to Work AI and Natural Language Cognitive Architectures The Third Wave of AI Why Machine Learning won’t cut it I want a Personal Personal Assistant! Alexa! How could You? No, Google Duplex didn’t pass the Turing Test Artificial General Intelligence & Narrow AI What is AGI? AGI Checklist Human-level AI is possible From Narrow…