The "Different" Engine
Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. Pope Leo XIV ; 15th of May, 2026 On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. As an evolutionary biologist, I say the following. If these creatures are not conscious, then what the hell is consciousness for? Richard Dawkins ; 2nd of May, 2026 When Dawkins met Claude: Could this AI be conscious? Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould Me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? Milton ; 1667 Paradise Lost A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times reported on a large-scale study that has recently been published by Georgetown University, examining essays submitted by some 370,000 students before and after the advent of ChatGPT (and presumably other AI ChatBots). It's not exactly a dramatic reveal to learn that students are increasingly relying on AI to wr...