Les Ey

Abstract: Applications that use Artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of Large Language Models (LLMs), commonly known as chatbots, are having a massive impact on how people create text and digital art. This paper will discuss the materialistic worldview (the view that matter is all there is), its influence on AI, the public perception of it and its implications for the question of what the mind is.

I intend to show that human creativity ultimately comes from a place that is apparently beyond the reach of mathematics and algorithms. AIs may use human data to create, but they only mimic human emotion; they lack the lived experience of human creators. (Cave) My recommended solution is raising awareness. I discuss my intention to raise awareness through fiction that demonstrates the issues. To make my case, I use arguments from Brooks, Searle, Egnor and various other sources.

Annie ran to her playroom where Sally, the humanoid robot, was dusting. Annie looked at Sally as she cleaned, “Sally, why don’t you have normal feet?” Sally turned to Annie….

The rise of AI-generated novels will have many authors wondering what the future holds for them. Will human authors be entirely replaced by chatbots? Chatbots have limitations, but that hasn’t…

Chatbots are already transforming writing. The writer’s strike in Hollywood was, in large part, a reaction to AI-generated writing. Novels can be written in days using AI and are being…

WARNING: This post contains major spoilers for Hugh Howey’s Silo series and Machine Learning. Hugh Howey’s Silo series started as a series of short stories which grew as fans fell…

The answer will depend largely on whether the materialists or the dualists are right. Is matter all there is, or is there something more? Are our brains just meat computers,…

(My Device – My Master) Short Story (Fiction): A nightmarish fog held Professor Nigel Price in its grip. What’s happening? I can’t think. Do I even remember who I am?…

“Hey Gavin, grab your Dad’s rifle” shouted Riley as he barged his way into the barn and slammed his backpack on the floor raising a small cloud of chaff and…