Our desire for moral good and moral bad to be neatly defined gets in the way of progress. There can be no singular truth in all circumstances, but because some self-beliefs border on intolerance, discourse is reduced to the same arguments of who is right and who is wrong. The way we ordain and absolve guilt and blame from others is very indicative... See more

One of the things that raises my hackles is the claim that the only reason not to be in awe of these technologies is that you haven’t used them enough. It’s certainly true that people who use ChatGPT a lot come to think it’s great, but I’m not sure whether that’s because they’re discovering its extraordinary depths or because they’re sort of... See more