By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Dec 23
I recently partnered with data scientist and Heterodox Academy Fellow David Rozado to create DepolarizingGPT, a political AI chatbot that gives three answers to every prompt: one from a left-wing perspective, one from a right-wing perspective, and a third answer from a depolarizing or “integrating” perspective. The 3-answer AI chatbot combines three models—LeftwingGPT, RightwingGPT, and DepolarizingGPT—into one system so users can see three different viewpoints simultaneously and thus become exposed to valid perspectives from the other sides. The news is filled with reports of how social media is exacerbating political polarization. But we believe technology can also be used to
I recently partnered with data scientist and Heterodox Academy Fellow David Rozado to create DepolarizingGPT, a political AI chatbot that gives three answers to every prompt: one from a left-wing perspective, one from a right-wing perspective, and a third answer from a depolarizing or “integrating” perspective. The 3-answer AI chatbot combines three models—LeftwingGPT, RightwingGPT, and DepolarizingGPT—into one system so users
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Oct 23
The polarity of Theory and Practice underscores the interplay between conceptual understanding and tangible application. Addressing this polarity is essential because while theory provides the foundational knowledge and frameworks, it is through practice that these concepts are tested, validated, and refined. This post was originally published on Integral Life.
The polarity of Theory and Practice underscores the interplay between conceptual understanding and tangible application. Addressing this polarity is essential because while theory provides the foundational knowledge and frameworks, it is through practice that these concepts are tested, validated, and refined. This post was originally published on Integral Life.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Jul 23
We are pleased to announce a new, graduate-level course on metamodernism. This time around, Emil Ejner Friis is joined by the other half of Hanzi, Daniel Görtz. This masterclass will be an intense experience. It is by far the most advanced offered thus far, corresponding to a university graduate-level course. The masterclass is specifically designed for those wanting to ground their lives and livelihoods in metamodern theory, practice, values, and networks. If you want to acquire the deepest understanding about metamodernism available, and then use that as a grounding for your life (professionally, personally, politically) this is the course for you. It won’t be easy,
We are pleased to announce a new, graduate-level course on metamodernism. This time around, Emil Ejner Friis is joined by the other half of Hanzi, Daniel Görtz. This masterclass will be an intense experience. It is by far the most advanced offered thus far, corresponding to a university graduate-level course. The masterclass is specifically designed for those wanting to ground their lives and livelihoods in
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 8 Jun 23
Although the advent of AI will certainly transform our society, in order to facilitate its gifts while constraining its threats, we have to accurately understand what it is and what it’s not. According to Jared Lanier, “the easiest way to mismanage a technology is to misunderstand it.” There is no doubt that AI models will continue to get “smarter.” But as argued in this article, machines cannot become self-conscious agents. As we come to discover the limits of AI, this will help confirm the spiritual significance of human beings, and clarify our unique contribution to the evolution of the universe.
Although the advent of AI will certainly transform our society, in order to facilitate its gifts while constraining its threats, we have to accurately understand what it is and what it’s not. According to Jared Lanier, “the easiest way to mismanage a technology is to misunderstand it.” There is no doubt that AI models will continue to get “smarter.” But
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 27 Apr 23
The sociological/psychological fallout of AI is not decades away: right here, right now, we are watching in slow-motion the major meltdown of our shared sense of reality. The only thing that can save civilization from utter destruction? Basic English grammar. Hear me out, guys. Part One: Introducing the idea: “If the disease stems from a large language out of whack, the solution is grammar writ large” As my friends Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin of the Center for Humane Technology (CHT) explain in their April 9th YouTube presentation, the AI revolution is moving much too fast for, and proving much too slippery for, conventional
The sociological/psychological fallout of AI is not decades away: right here, right now, we are watching in slow-motion the major meltdown of our shared sense of reality. The only thing that can save civilization from utter destruction? Basic English grammar. Hear me out, guys. Part One: Introducing the idea: “If the disease stems from a large language out of whack,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Apr 23
Evolutionary Kabbalah articulates the shocking the realization of the interior science of Hebrew wisdom that all of reality is evolving. The realization of Evolutionary Kabbalah is that – that from what we might call a non-dual perspective there is no separation between the divine and all of reality. This means that all levels of reality, from matter to body to mind to spirit, – the divine and the manifest, matter life and the depth of the self reflective human mind are co-evolving all the time. Moreover, in Evolutionary Kabbalah a key emergent tenet is that the human being is one
Evolutionary Kabbalah articulates the shocking the realization of the interior science of Hebrew wisdom that all of reality is evolving. The realization of Evolutionary Kabbalah is that – that from what we might call a non-dual perspective there is no separation between the divine and all of reality. This means that all levels of reality, from matter to body to
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 6 Apr 23
AI art as dreamtime and the advent of metamodern art-as-emergent-relationality Euthanasia of the Postmodern Art Zombie I have come to maintain that the current flood of AI-generated art spells the absolute endpoint of the postmodern arts in the widest sense of that term. Postmodern art, viewed in this deep-structural and inclusive manner, i.e. as an expression of the “postmodern meta-meme” or cultural stage of development, began in the Romantic reaction to the Enlightenment, reached maturity in fin-de-siècle expressions such as impressionism, absurd displays like Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” (a porcelain urinal that becomes art *because* it’s in a museum) and early
AI art as dreamtime and the advent of metamodern art-as-emergent-relationality Euthanasia of the Postmodern Art Zombie I have come to maintain that the current flood of AI-generated art spells the absolute endpoint of the postmodern arts in the widest sense of that term. Postmodern art, viewed in this deep-structural and inclusive manner, i.e. as an expression of the “postmodern meta-meme”
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Mar 23
RethinkX believes it is possible for Berlin to reach net-zero emissions by 2030. In our 2022 report ‘Germany’s Path to ‘Freedom Energy’ by 2030′ we showed how converting Europe’s largest economy to 100% clean energy would usher in a new era of clean prosperity, self-sufficiency and environmental restoration. We concluded that net zero for electric power for the whole country could be achieved by 2030, and for all energy by 2035. Within the next decade, Germany can lead the world by creating a fully self-sufficient, zero cost clean energy system for less than the cost of the country’s current annual
RethinkX believes it is possible for Berlin to reach net-zero emissions by 2030. In our 2022 report ‘Germany’s Path to ‘Freedom Energy’ by 2030′ we showed how converting Europe’s largest economy to 100% clean energy would usher in a new era of clean prosperity, self-sufficiency and environmental restoration. We concluded that net zero for electric power for the whole country
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Feb 23
Ten years ago today, February 22, 2013, our nonprofit organization was officially founded by Steve McIntosh and Carter Phipps. We’re deeply grateful to all who’ve helped us create a think tank dedicated to the evolution of culture and consciousness. For those interested in our think tank’s origins, we invite you to watch a video of a live audience presentation by Steve and Carter at the Boulder Integral Center back in 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHRyLEt-mas&t=151s Over the next 10 years, we’ll be working to accelerate the evolution of culture and consciousness in America by putting the developmental perspective “on the map.” The post
Ten years ago today, February 22, 2013, our nonprofit organization was officially founded by Steve McIntosh and Carter Phipps. We’re deeply grateful to all who’ve helped us create a think tank dedicated to the evolution of culture and consciousness. For those interested in our think tank’s origins, we invite you to watch a video of a live audience presentation by
New article: Making Peace with America’s History By Honoring Both Indigenous and European Traditions
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Feb 23
I argue that the Biden administration’s push to mandate the inclusion of “traditional indigenous ecological knowledge” in Federal policymaking opens the door for greater respect and inclusion of “traditional European social knowledge.” Both kinds of traditional knowledge can be respected and safely included by using a liberal approach. But does acknowledging our nation’s crimes against its indigenous peoples imply that America is morally illegitimate? No. To correctly interpret our history, we must hold in mind two contending truths about what it means to be an American: First, the European conquest of North America resulted in the unjust destruction of indigenous cultures. And second, the emergence
I argue that the Biden administration’s push to mandate the inclusion of “traditional indigenous ecological knowledge” in Federal policymaking opens the door for greater respect and inclusion of “traditional European social knowledge.” Both kinds of traditional knowledge can be respected and safely included by using a liberal approach. But does acknowledging our nation’s crimes against its indigenous peoples imply that America