AI
Nice visuals too
From Lily Chambers:
I genuinely do not care if AI tools make me more productive.
I am tired of seeing, "increased productivity" as a selling point. I do not want to be valued for my productivity. I do not want "more" of anything related to work.
I like doing things meticulously. I like using my hands. I like manipulating data that an LLM could inter
... See moreAnother form of intelligence that fascinates me—and I think this is where the great surprise may come: I can feel the AI out there. I know it’s there. I know it’s growing. I know the planet is its embryo. I know the human community is its placenta. What will that kind of intelligence look like? We have no idea. We can imagine super-intelligence, bu... See more
Culture and Ideology are not Your Friends
The real hard choice that you’re being pushed toward—and that you might consider making before the yawning grave rings down the curtain on this cosmic drama—is actually intellectual responsibility, freedom, and a devotion to what scientists call elegance of thought. You know, people say, “Well, how can you tell one theory from another? And is scien... See more
Dreaming Awake at the End of Time
Reminds me of “quality” in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This might also be the thing that LLMs can’t yet work with or towards for a while, at least.
Just a moment...
kickstarter.com
Why am I so creeped out by this?
Last night at dinner talking about subculture stuff and I bring up my standard boring/reductive Q about “how punk skate hip hop etc had monoculture to rebel against, so what now?,” and a brilliant friend answered straight up, “AI will be mainstream monoculture-esque, and is at its core boring and average and uncreative, and that is what people will... See more
Michael J. Miraflorx.com
We worry so much about AGI taking over, we missed the part where we are turning ourselves into bots... https://t.co/k7TCNItMsl
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