The Obfuscation of Intelligence - Part 7

Modernity, Post-Modernity and the Tower of Babel

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“The reason that no computer program can ever be a mind is simply that a computer program is only syntactical, and minds are more than syntactical.

Minds are semantical, in the sense that they have more than a formal structure; they have a content”…

— John Searle

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“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane" …

- Marcus Aurelius

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Please read and watch:

• Are chatbots causing psychosis? [LINK] [LINK];

• An MIT report that 95% of AI pilots fail spooked investors. Should it make the C-Suite anxious? [LINK];

• Evidence AI Is Wrecking Young Americans’ Job Prospects [LINK];

• The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025 [LINK];

• Data Centre Environmental Impact [LINK];

• Is this a turning point in AI Hype? [LINK]; and

• AI Hallucinations [LINK].

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[LINK] - The Philosophy of Mechanisation

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[LINK] - When the Map became the Territory

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Footnote:

• The Obfuscation of Intelligence - Part 1 [LINK];

• The Obfuscation of Intelligence - Part 2 [LINK];

• The Obfuscation of Intelligence - Part 3 [LINK];

• The Obfuscation of Intelligence - Part 4 [LINK];

• The Obfuscation of Intelligence - Part 5 [LINK]; and

• The Obfuscation of Intelligence - Part 6 [LINK].

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