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Robert J. Marks II

About Robert J. Marks II

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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β€œSoftware without bias is like water without wet.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œTurning a soul into an algorithm is pure nonsense.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œ[N]on-algorithmic computing in digital silicon is an oxymoron.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œRobots deserve no more human rights than a 3D printer or toaster.”
β€œIndividual self-sovereignty is a load-bearing pillar on which liberty rests.”
β€œAI is just a tool, like electricity or fire. It can be used for good or evil.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œIs it wrong to pray for God to make me more successful so that I can be more humble?”
β€œIf we remove people's non-algorithmic characteristics, we will get a very boring person.”
β€œComputers are no more able to create information than iPods are capable of creating music.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œWe are more than computers made out of meat. We have a soul, we have a spirit and we have a mind.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œAll engineering fields are either solutions looking for problems or problems looking for solutions.”
β€œSaying the Bible is not a book about science is like saying a cookbook is not a book about chemistry.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œCan anyone write code to explain to a computer their sensory experience of enjoying hot buttered sweet corn?”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œEngineers actually design things. This is why [many] engineers are interested in the area of intelligent design.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œChatGPT relies on syntax: the statistics of words in a sentence. People rely on semantics: the meaning of words.''”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œThe better we understand creation and the possibilities of logic and algorithms, the more we see the glory of God.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œAI [artificial intelligence] is like a toddler with a Ph.D.. It’s really smart, but it still needs to be supervised.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œGiven enough time, any algorithm performed on a modern-day computer can be done by the programmer with pencil and paper.”
β€œThose who worship at the feet of materialism often don’t admit to the limitations imposed by their narrow core belief.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œActual AI is written with computer code such as Python or C++. β€œSuper-intelligent AI” is written using PowerPoint slides.”
β€œAny claim that β€œall religions are true” is like claiming any liquid from a cow, when chilled, goes well with a chocolate chip cookie.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œ[S]ome modern [Christian] praise music sung in churches during Sunday worship service is referred to as 7-11 music: seven words repeated eleven times.”
Robert J. Marks II
β€œFor the record, I don’t deserve this. But I have lower back pain and don’t deserve that either. (After being listed as one of the twenty most brilliant living Christian Professors.)”
β€œ[Ray] Kurzweil says that β€œconsciousness is a biological process like digestion, lactation, photosynthesis, or mitosis.” Or, to revise Descartes, β€œI lactate. Therefore, I think.””
Robert J. Marks II
β€œThe ultimate success of AI is not due to journal papers, blogs, press releases, forecasts, corporate acquisitions, speculation, or promises. Success is measured by reduction to practice.”
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Ian A. Gravagne. Tim Woods on Robert J. Marks II

β€œBob’s research will vindicate itself. He finds himself at the center of a firestorm that is really not of his own making, and one day β€” yes, this day is coming, eventually β€” after the controversy wanes, Bob’s work will still be standing, simply because it is powerful and true.”

Michael Medved on Robert J. Marks II

β€œBob Marks is an unbelievably prolific public intellectual.”
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P.Z. Myers. from "PZ Myers supports academic freedom for Marks on Robert J. Marks II

β€œI categorically reject Marks’ whole philosophy and I’d probably call him delusional.”

About Robert J. Marks II

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.