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.


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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. 
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Articles and Podcasts

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In What Sense is Consciousness a Property?

Robert J. Marks
October 3, 2024

The Impact of Descartes on the Philosophy of Mind

Joshua R. Farris
September 26, 2024

Dr. Robert J. Marks Reads From Minding the Brain

Robert J. Marks
September 19, 2024

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Events

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COSM Technology Summit 2024

The New American Century
The Bradley Center
Date
Oct31Nov012024
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10
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31
2024
Hyatt Regency Bellevue
Bellevue, WA

COSM 2024 will hail the New American Century: exploring a technological transformation and revival of our country and economy as redemptive and cosmic as its renewal of technology. Join us October 31 – November 1 in Bellevue,