Diffcult things that make me ponder
When Wellington Lytle checked into a Milwaukee hotel after the 1929 stock market crash, he was down to his last four cents and emptied of hope.
But before he put a revolver to his head, he took out a pen and left the following note:
But before he put a revolver to his head, he took out a pen and left the following note:
“My body should go to science, my soul to [Secretary of Treasury] Andrew W. Mellon, and sympathy to my creditors.”
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We should be getting ready for the moment when the physical and virtual worlds swap places, where everything happening in the former may well feel tangible and real only from the perspective of those unable to climb to the higher virtual plane. Virtual war is not a war between soldiers, tanks or airplanes, but a clash between algorithms. Here victo... See more
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The future is now. My concern is how the future (and current) use of generative AI will impact human empathy and connection. If everything is a simulation then nothing really matters.
if internet years were like "dog years," AI development is moving at machine speed — faster than humans can adapt.

Whistleblower statement: DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Rising tensions between China and Taiwan, coupled with U.S. military commitments, mean that any escalation could cripple global chip supply chains overnight
Over the last 30 years, Taiwan has become the undisputed global hub for semiconductor manufacturing. Ninety-two percent of the world’s most advanced chips are produced there. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) alone represents over half of the global semiconductor foundry market. If TSMC’s operations were to be disrupted — whethe... See more
Can you utilize AI’s potential without surrendering judgment, creativity, or a leader’s core values?
Will you remember humanity?
Will you remember humanity?
A Norwegian man has filed a complaint after ChatGPT falsely told him he had killed two of his sons and been jailed for 21 years.
Arve Hjalmar Holmen has contacted the Norwegian Data Protection Authority and demanded the chatbot's maker OpenAI is fined.
Arve Hjalmar Holmen has contacted the Norwegian Data Protection Authority and demanded the chatbot's maker OpenAI is fined.
we should not dismiss out of hand the ability for AI to be more ethically inclined than humans, even when weighing business implications of following ethical rules