Robert J. Marks II Quotes

American electrical engineering researcher and intelligent design advocate

Robert J. Marks II (born August 25, 1950) is Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University and a proponent of intelligent design. He appeared in the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.

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Alternative Names: Robert Jackson Marks II

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We are more than computers made out of meat. We have a soul, we have a spirit and we have a mind.

ChatGPT relies on syntax: the statistics of words in a sentence. People rely on semantics: the meaning of words.''

Emotions that make us human will never be duplicated by a machine. These include compassion, love, empathy, elation, sadness, fear, anger, disgust, pleasure, pride, excitement, embarrassment, regret, jealousy, grief, hope, and faith. Properly defined, creativity, sentience, and understanding are also on the list. These and other non-algorithmic traits are evidence of non-computable you.

Computers can only analyze inside the box. Remarkable humans have the meta-ability to go outside ourselves, look back inside, and explore our abilities. We can understand understanding, think about thinking, and … know about the unknowable

[The robot] Sophia has been granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia. And Homer Simpson has been given citizenship in Winnipeg, Ontario. Both decisions are silly. The difference is that the city of Winnipeg acknowledged that their action was a joke.

Given enough time, any algorithm performed on a modern-day computer can be done by the programmer with pencil and paper.