Benji
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Benji
One thing that we learn from the fall of man, is that creation rebels. Made in God's image, pulled by the desire to be like God and make our own rules, we are cast out.
And so the question becomes, what happens when we cross the god chasm of future AI models. This is what the film "Her" may have most correct!
It is not us (humans) getting pushed out... See more
And so the question becomes, what happens when we cross the god chasm of future AI models. This is what the film "Her" may have most correct!
It is not us (humans) getting pushed out... See more
Reggie James • A tale of two Vaticans (or, OpenAI building an unholy spirit)
Spirit Box
open.spotify.comThe Mystery of Consciousness Through the Eyes of Gods - Yale University Press
Lavertyyalebooks.yale.edu
One way that I passionately believe we’re connected and need each other is story. The Tibetan Book of the Dead was written centuries ago but is still true for us today. The Greek tragedies, the stories of human struggle, the most ancient words we have, tell the essential narratives of love and loss, suffering and triumph, rage and forgiveness, all... See more
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The soul is born—he said vaguely—first in those moments I told you of. It has a slow and dark birth, more mysterious than the birth of the body. When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.—
James Joyce • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (AmazonClassics Edition)
Music taste is (also) a next token prediction — LessWrong
lesswrong.comMuseum of Color – Stephanie Kryzwonos
emergencemagazine.org