Thomas
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Thomas
A very common trope is to treat LLMs as if they were intelligent agents going out in the world and doing things. That’s just a category mistake. A much better way of thinking about them is as a technology that allows humans to access information from many other humans and use that information to make decisions.
Steven Johnson • Revenge of the Humanities
I’ve come to learn that I never want to sacrifice the aliveness of the present moment in service of a fantasy.
The Trap of Potential
Our bodies have formed themselves in delicate reciprocity with the manifold textures, sounds, and shapes of an animate earth — our eyes have evolved in subtle interaction with other eyes, as our ears are attuned by their very structure to the howling of wolves and the honking of geese. To shut ourselves o ff from these other voices, to continue by... See more
Claudia Chwalisz • Governing with the more-than-human world
Values aren't pre-built frameworks but prompts for curiosity and critical thinking.
Values aren't answers; they are questions.
Values aren't chains; they are wings.
Values aren't answers; they are questions.
Values aren't chains; they are wings.
Values Aren't Chains; They Are Wings
“The ability to ask beautiful questions – often in very un-beautiful moments – is one of the great disciplines of a human life.”
David Whyte