For the latecomer, bones
Tarde venientibus ossa — “for the latecomers, bones.” We are early to the civilizational dinner, there are still many who have yet to arrive. To… Read More »For the latecomer, bones
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Eye on AI: Benedict Evans on automation and the Jevons paradox
We began with humans as beasts of burden and moved up: we automated legs, then arms, then fingers, and now brains. We went from farm… Read More »Eye on AI: Benedict Evans on automation and the Jevons paradox
Eye on AI: Ross Anderson on model collapse; or, The Curse of Recursion
Until about now, most of the text online was written by humans. But this text has been used to train GPT3(.5) and GPT4, and these… Read More »Eye on AI: Ross Anderson on model collapse; or, The Curse of Recursion
Darwin among the machines: Samuel Butler (1863) on the mechanical master race
It could almost have been written yesterday… Sir — There are few things of which the present generation is more justly proud than of the… Read More »Darwin among the machines: Samuel Butler (1863) on the mechanical master race
All Things, New
“I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” The New Testament – Revelation There’s theology… Read More »All Things, New
Podcast recommendation: Balaji Srinivasan on the dystopian present and the decentralised future plus plus plus
This long (long!) episode of the Tim Ferriss show is full of thought provoking stuff on all sorts of topics related to technology, cryptocurrency, online… Read More »Podcast recommendation: Balaji Srinivasan on the dystopian present and the decentralised future plus plus plus
Podcast recommendation: Boss Talk and The Long Now
Boss Talk with Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi This is a recording of an hour long chat on Clubhouse about the reality of managing a… Read More »Podcast recommendation: Boss Talk and The Long Now
Vanishing time
Have a look at your calendar for the month ahead. Observe its gentle slopes and rolling plains. Time. Space. Empty air. Enjoy the illusion: the… Read More »Vanishing time
Your team of AIs
Kevin Kelly’s writing about AI, and specifically types of AI (rather than the monolithic general-intelligence-that’s-smarter-than-we-are-and-gets-rapidly-smarter-still that we worry about) has got me thinking about my… Read More »Your team of AIs
Kevin Kelly on the future of progress and prosperity
Here’s a dose of optimism from KK – part of his excellent series of videos on The Future of X. It’s well worth checking out.… Read More »Kevin Kelly on the future of progress and prosperity