Belief in religion is neuro-anatomically not the same thing as rational thinking, interesting study: Evidence of biological basis for religion in human evolution. This is quite sensible, as I have seen many cases where I saw otherwise intelligent and knowledgeable
Financial sector in Turkey
Turkey is an emerging market, which means it has a burgeoning financial sector that’s destined only for greatness. However, the financial sector is not yet as sophisticated or as varied as in developed countries. I think that eventually, our financial
Is AI doomsaying bad science fiction?
Terminator movies were a fantastically well-crafted science fiction story. The AI doomsayers on the other hand are merely writing bad science fiction, with no plot twists or interesting new tropes. In Terminator, skynet gains self-awareness in 3 seconds and decides
Infinity Point Will Arrive by 2035 Latest
During writing a paper for the 100 Year Starship Symposium, I wished to convince the starship designers that they should acknowledge the dynamics of high-technology economy, which may be crucial for interstellar missions. Thus motivated, I have made a new
My PhD thesis
Eray Ozkural’s PhD Thesis Eray Ozkural’s PhD Thesis Presentation Thesis Title: Data Distribution and Performance Optimization Models for Parallel Data Mining Abstract: We have embarked upon a multitude of approaches to improve the efficiency of selected fundamental tasks in data
An Open Letter to Daniel Dennett and Henry Markram on TSC 2014 Conference
Apparently, the assumption of dualists is that when competent philosophers and scientists agree to give talks at their “conference”s, then their views suddenly become scientifically credible! I am attempting to thwart this misdirection by the following open letter to two
Interstellar AI Probes
Here is my presentation at 100 Year Starship Symposium 2013: Artificial Intelligence and Brain Simulation Probes for Interstellar Expeditions. Synopsis: Target selection A brief introduction to Artificial General Intelligence High-level design ideas for an autonomous AGI probe Projections for human-level
Intelligence Explosion, Infinity Point, and the Law of Accelerating Returns
Video log from Gok Us WHQ: Transcript Hello there, My name’s Eray Ozkural and I’d like to talk to you about the intelligence explosion, the infinity point hypothesis, the law of accelerating returns and the relations between them. In 1965,
Who really wrote pisi, package manager of pardus distribution?
I once designed and implemented most of the pardus package manager called pisi. However, my “coworkers”, some of which were envious of my prowess, and no bullshit attitude, and who also wanted to hide the fact that they did not
Why the Simulation Argument is Invalid
In this philosophical piece, I will try to summarize the main reasons why the so-called simulation argument a la Bostrom is most certainly invalid. I will show, from the perspective of science and empiricist philosophy, that it hinges on some