Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
CTO and maker of linkitylink.lol
Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
Most AI researchers roll their eyes if you bring up the idea of consciousness. That’s for philosophers, not engineers, they say. Since no one has been able to define it, what’s the point in talking about it? I get this frustration. Few concepts are as elusive and seemingly circular as the idea of a subjective experience. Despite the definitional... See more
We must build AI for people; not to be a person
AI and AI AI Captain
Mike Masnick has a great post on Substack’s decision to double-down on hosting Nazis.
Recharge
driesdepoorter.be
I love/hate the idea of our environment making up for our lack of self-control.
The current instability of this world serves as a chronic perpetrator of anxiety for me. It is like we don’t really know if an event would be the trigger that cascades the collapse of civilisation, or is it just another terrible event among the many terrible events happening every day. I feel like we are living in the end times, but we don’t know... See more
there is only now
“All power-holders, even the most ruthless and corrupt, rely on the consent and coöperation of ordinary people,” Maria J. Stephan, who co-authored a book with Chenoweth titled “Why Civil Resistance Works,” said.
Julia Angwin • So You Want to Be a Dissident? | the New Yorker
If you have time to consume, you have time to create.
100 Simple Truths
Tell you what: if I was Europe, & I was feeling feisty, I’d imagine some new kind of “digital tariff” & slap it on all the big tech platforms.
Robin Sloan • The Golden Sardine
Art and
I had to read Yancey’s latest post a couple of times just to take it all in. 2024, here we come!