Thought provoking
- When a student asks Butler what the answer is to ending the suffering in the world, she replies, “...there’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers–at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
from A Few Rules for Predicting the Future by Octavia E. Butler
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- The first step is to understand the fundamental difference between humans and AIs. We are analog, chemical beings, with emotions and feelings. Compared with machines, we think slowly—and we act too fast, failing to consider the long-term consequences of our behavior (which AI can help predict). So we should not compete with AI; we should use it. At... See more
from Don’t Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids by Esther Dyson
Paxton Shell added 4mo ago
Experience. Don’t observe.
Inhale. Don’t read.
Transfigure. Don’t shift.
Advocate. Don’t ponder.
Prove. Don’t promise.
Encourage. Don’t cut.
Imagine. Don’t worry.
Do. Don’t analyze.
Hear. Don’t listen.
Show. Don’t tell.
Give. Don’t take.
from 101 Design Rules by wearecollins.com
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