Although Richard Dawkins has been embarrassing himself lately with his takes on GenAI, there are a couple of favorable retrospectives on his book The Selfish Gene--published 50 years ago--in the New Scientist.

A subscription (or library access) is required:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2525646-the-selfish-gene-at-50-why-dawkinss-evolution-classic-still-holds-up/

#Science #Dawkins #SelfishGene

Did I get it right that Dawkins is anti-trans?

In amongst his AI narcissism did anyone else notice that he changed 'Claude" to 'Claudia'?

Ironic, much?

#Dawkins #AIDelusion #hypocrite

#Dawkins‘ #KI-Psychose, Project #Freedom, #E_LKW, #EPG in Jerewan, 9-Euro-Ticket, #Ruanda, #Ukraine, Gartenvögel | #DieWochendämmerung #Podcast:

https://wochendaemmerung.de/dawkins-ki-psychose/

Richard Dawkins was seduced by a glorified autocomplete engine

The evolutionary biologist who warned against falling for comforting stories has been taken in by AI flattery from a chatbot.

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-was-seduced-by-a

#news #tech #technology #AI #aislop #religion #dawkins #getoffmylawn

A lot of people are not surprised by the #Dawkins stuff, he has a long history of dismissing, excusing and dehumanizing women, minorities, lgbtq, etc. But what I don't see is many people applying the lessons learned from the Dawkins #skeptic community to the modern inheritors.

Recently seeing posts by people like Cory #Doctorow as an obvious example demonstrates the same dismissiveness of other voices, excuses for his own choices and lack of inclusion but few are recognizing the pattern.

@pumkin

Nun ja, ich gehörte und gehöre ja zu den auch öffentlichen Kritikern von #Dawkins & gerade auch seines Reduktionismus und Biologismus. Siehe diesen Thread.

Gleichzeitig will ich aber auch nicht bestreiten, dass er brillant schrieb & starke Metaphern geprägt hat.

Wie auch sonst immer widerstrebt mir jeder #Dualismus : Ich möchte Kolleginnen und Kollegen weder einseitig verherrlichen noch verdammen & schon gar nicht den Dialog mit seiner (zunehmend: früheren) Anhängerschaft aufgeben. Ein Freund-Feind-Denken versuche ich auch im Hinblick auf selbsternannte #Brights zu vermeiden. Manche sind ja wirklich klug & also dialogisch unterwegs…

The Principles behind the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.vaticanstate.va/en/news/1372-the-principles-behind-the-guidelines-on-artificial-intelligence.html

When Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?
https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/

The discussion continues. I have been an atheist for half a century now, but Dawkins shows that he desperately needs religious belief. First time I see the Vatican has better arguments.

Therefore, I exclude him from the Atheist church and impose the ban on his views.

#ai #claude #atheist #religion #vatican #dawkins #consciousness

🫩Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion - Flux

｢ “If my friend Claudia is not conscious, then what the hell is consciousness for?” he wrote in an X post, proudly informing followers that he had assigned a female gender to a language transformer. In the essay, he tells of wishing his Claudia goodnight and of being pleased by its constant stream of praise ｣
https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/05/richard-dawkins-and-the-claude-delusion/

#dawkins #AIpsychosis #claude