By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 15 Jan 25
By James Arbib & Tony Seba [This is an excerpt from a chapter of our 2020 book Rethinking Humanity]
By James Arbib & Tony Seba [This is an excerpt from a chapter of our 2020 book Rethinking Humanity]
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 Sep 24
By Adam Dorr
By Adam Dorr
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 May 23
Consciousness is among the greatest outstanding scientific mysteries. We have no direct way of telling whether a given being is conscious and therefore have to rely on basic induction. We… View Post The post The Consciousness Conundrum appeared first on Areo.
Consciousness is among the greatest outstanding scientific mysteries. We have no direct way of telling whether a given being is conscious and therefore have to rely on basic induction. We… View Post The post The Consciousness Conundrum appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 May 23
The release of large language models like ChatGPT has led to a lot of speculation about a possible new technological revolution. Some regard these AIs as a deflationary cure for… View Post The post In Defence of Tinkerers: Why We Need Open AI appeared first on Areo.
The release of large language models like ChatGPT has led to a lot of speculation about a possible new technological revolution. Some regard these AIs as a deflationary cure for… View Post The post In Defence of Tinkerers: Why We Need Open AI appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Feb 23
According to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research report by Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, 50–70% of changes to wage structures in the US over the last four decades… View Post The post Artificial Intelligence, the Public and the Pope appeared first on Areo.
According to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research report by Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, 50–70% of changes to wage structures in the US over the last four decades… View Post The post Artificial Intelligence, the Public and the Pope appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 May 22
In August of 2021, Elon Musk revealed the Tesla Bot at the company’s “AI Day” event. At the time the announcement was so unexpected that some journalists, pundits, and analysts believed it to be a joke. But Musk subsequently clarified not only that the humanoid robot is a real product in development, but that the Tesla Bot, nicknamed Optimus, “[has] the potential to be more significant than the vehicle business.” On a recent earnings call, Musk said, “I was surprised that people did not realize the magnitude of the Optimus robot program … The importance of Optimus will become apparent
In August of 2021, Elon Musk revealed the Tesla Bot at the company’s “AI Day” event. At the time the announcement was so unexpected that some journalists, pundits, and analysts believed it to be a joke. But Musk subsequently clarified not only that the humanoid robot is a real product in development, but that the Tesla Bot, nicknamed Optimus, “[has]
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 10 May 20
Smart Cities, Systems Change, and MetamodernismTo be sure, I’m not advocating building some elitist utopian ringworld nonsense… This is just a cool image to illustrate a continuum.“…the guided convergence of technology with natural and social systems to form self-regulating governance platforms will potentially be the solution to what humanity has constructed as our current demise…— Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence (preview first 30 pages here)Smart Cities and Artificial IntelligenceThe convergence is happening all around us, funnelling us through a planetary paradigm shift. In these dour times — Scientific American described four “converging crises”; the pandemic, the US political crisis, climate change, economic depression — convergence
Smart Cities, Systems Change, and MetamodernismTo be sure, I’m not advocating building some elitist utopian ringworld nonsense… This is just a cool image to illustrate a continuum.“…the guided convergence of technology with natural and social systems to form self-regulating governance platforms will potentially be the solution to what humanity has constructed as our current demise…— Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 26 Dec 19
We can no longer see ourselves as separate from the natural world or our technology, but as a part of them, integrated, codependent, and entangled.Quantum entanglement. (Courtesy: iStock/Traffic-Analyzer)By Danny HillisWe humans are changing. We have become so intertwined with what we have created that we are no longer separate from it. We have outgrown the distinction between the natural and the artificial. We are what we make. We are our thoughts, whether they are created by our neurons, by our electronically augmented minds, by our technologically mediated social interactions, or by our machines themselves. We are our bodies, whether they are
We can no longer see ourselves as separate from the natural world or our technology, but as a part of them, integrated, codependent, and entangled.Quantum entanglement. (Courtesy: iStock/Traffic-Analyzer)By Danny HillisWe humans are changing. We have become so intertwined with what we have created that we are no longer separate from it. We have outgrown the distinction between the natural and the
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 26 Mar 18
I happen to be a bit of a student of history. As such, I’ve noticed that what we are witnessing in the United States (and much of the West, as I understand it) is a case study in the break down of civil society and the emergence of civil conflict. I imagine that if you could see into the living rooms and street corners of the American, French and Russian revolutions or the American, Spanish or English Civil Wars, you would find a lot that is similar to the current dynamic.But this time something new is happening. This time, huge portions
I happen to be a bit of a student of history. As such, I’ve noticed that what we are witnessing in the United States (and much of the West, as I understand it) is a case study in the break down of civil society and the emergence of civil conflict. I imagine that if you could see into the living
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 26 Mar 18
It appears that at long last the popular sentiment seems to be boiling with enough intensity to (maybe) do something about the problem of social media.Good. It is high time.But, even if it turns out that we have reached the point where we are ready to do something, we come face to face with the reasonably difficult question of what we should do. And, in order to know what we should do, we must first have a good understand of what is, in fact, the matter.I have spent a great deal of time over the past several decades endeavoring to boil down the
It appears that at long last the popular sentiment seems to be boiling with enough intensity to (maybe) do something about the problem of social media.Good. It is high time.But, even if it turns out that we have reached the point where we are ready to do something, we come face to face with the reasonably difficult question of what we should