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Mission

The mission of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Discovery Institute is to explore the benefits as well as the challenges raised by artificial intelligence (AI) in light of the enduring truth of human exceptionalism. People know at a fundamental level that they are not machines. But faulty thinking can cause people to assent to views that in their heart of hearts they know to be untrue. The Bradley Center seeks to help individuals—and our society at large—to realize that we are not machines while at the same time helping to put machines (especially computers and AI) in proper perspective. Learn More

Walter Bradley

About Walter Bradley

Walter Bradley is my hero because the impact of his life will be celebrated in perpetuity. I want a heritage like that. But ironically such a goal cannot be achieved by making it a goal. ⋮ Read More …

Articles & Podcasts

EU Mulls Five-Year Ban on Facial Recognition

News
January 23, 2020
Opposition is growing in the Western world to routine government use of facial recognition (FR) technologies. But it takes different forms in different places. According to a draft paper, the European Commission (of the European Union), for example, wants a temporary ban of maybe five years to …

Is There a Gold Mine in Electronic Waste?

News
January 23, 2020
After millennia as the world’s most precious substance, gold plays a practical role today in n electronics, says inorganic chemist Wendy Lee Queen, due to “its highly efficient electrical properties and corrosion resistance, which are unmatched by any other metal.” But there has never …
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Quantum Dots, Bits, and Computing: Oh My!

Robert J. Marks
January 23, 2020
On the road to quantum computing, you'll become entangled with the wildest entities. Will we ever make it to a land where quantum computing is available for everyone? Robert J. Marks continues his odyssey through the quantum world with electrical and computer engineer Dr. Enrique Blair. Show …

Shocked by Schrödinger's Cat

Robert J. Marks
January 16, 2020
What is quantum mechanics? Well, weird. Very weird. The great quantum mechanics pioneer Niels Bohr said: “If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.” How did the study of quantum mechanics come to be? Robert J. Marks discusses quantum mechanics with Dr. …

Listen to Robert J. Marks' New Book The Case for Killer Robots

Robert J. Marks
January 9, 2020
Should the United States military pursue development of lethal autonomous artificial intelligence weapons? Robert J. Marks, Director of Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence, says yes. He makes his case for lethal A.I. weapons in his book, The Case …
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