Will Superintelligence Complete Science?

Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D | Yale University
What happens when AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, appears and solves all the problems in science? Can we know the future of science?
Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chapter 6, suggests we can predict future scientific developments based on a deep understanding of the current anomalies in our ideas. Our philosophical ideas of nature can provide an orientation towards future research, giving us a window into the future. What do we see if we look?
Series: Some Meanings of Science: Notes on Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Ep. 7.
Resources
Ball, Philip. Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics is Different. University of Chicago, 2018.
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Einstein. Relativity: The Special and General Theory. Penguin.
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Heisenberg, Werner. Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science.
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Kuhn, Thomas. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago.
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Rovelli, Carlo. "Physics Needs Philosophy. Philosophy Needs Physics." Foundations of Physics, 48(5), 481-491, 2018
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Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale) is a philosopher of science and religion, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books.
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COURSES
The Soul, The World, and The Gods: Introduction to Philosophy
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Plato's Allegory of The Cave: The Matrix of Your Mind
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Eros, Magic, and Immortality: The Myth of Diotima, Plato's Symposium
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Becoming Human: Origins tells the story of how an atheistic revolution in philosophy, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, remade religion and science, and set the stage for our post-human age. It argues that the dominant story of reason, science, and religion is a modern myth, and must be replaced if we are to make real progress.
Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe.
Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life.
He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life.
The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's scholarly research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion