Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
But at least as of now it seems to be critical in practice to “modularize” things—as transformers do, and probably as our brains also do.
Stephen Wolfram • What Is ChatGPT Doing ... And Why Does It Work?
The new hires took advantage of Xerox’s abundant resources and loose oversight to creatively interpret Goldman’s definition of “data processing technology,” pursuing projects inspired by Doug Engelbart’s ideas about augmented intelligence and by hacker culture more generally. Engelbart’s SRI operation had drifted after the great demo—investors coul
... See moreMargaret O'Mara • The Code
To these scientists, vision, language, robotics, and mathematics were just programming problems.
Sandra Blakeslee • On Intelligence
= A continuum of software-based human-level autonomy and empathy as determined by consensus of a small group of experts in matters of human consciousness.
Martine Rothblatt PhD • Virtually Human: The Promise—and the Peril—of Digital Immortality
Tim Urban • Page Not Found — Wait But Why
The one thing humans can do that robots can’t (at least for a long while) is to decide what it is that humans want to do. This is not a trivial semantic trick; our desires are inspired by our previous inventions, making this a circular question.
Kevin Kelly • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Robots
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