Artificial Intelligence: Existential Threat or Gaslighting?
Questioning the motivations of some who are raising concerns about AI
Category: critical thinking
Journalism Poll Results
Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in our survey on news sources. Our first question related to whether people pay for their news. Here’s what you told us: One respondent told us that they no longer paid for newspaper subscriptions because of government bailouts for legacy media which squeeze out new media…
Critical Thinking QuickLinks — December 2023
Curing vaccine hesitancy, free will, AI vs information, educating youth to do the right thing
Introducing CFIC Alberta
Building Community Under the Banner of Reason, Good Science, and Secularism
Keith’s Conundrums: Explanations vs. Excuses
Keith Douglas Last time, I illustrated the difference between realism and instrumentalism, one species of anti-realism in the philosophy of science. I received no responses. Moving on, then. Explanations vs. Excuses These days we hear a lot of wondering about: “Should X have done Y? Was Z justified? Why W?” It is thus not surprising…