Internet Review
Can AI Dream of a Social System?
I fed the following prompt to the OpenAI Playground text generator:
"Write an essay justifying the need for creating an...
Research Questions
AI-Generated Content: Training AI in Thinking
One focus of this blog has been the use of advanced computation to solve social problems. For instance, I have...
Technological Change
Animal Cyborgs in the Military!
Recently a representative of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India talked to the press about a project...
Zeitgeist
Stephen Hawking on Growth-Oriented Keynesian Economics
"During the inflationary period the universe borrowed heavily from its gravitational energy to finance the creation of more matter. The...
Zeitgeist
Marina Lewycka on Disillusionment with The Powers That Be
"No, it's the same people who are always in power, Vera. Sometimes they call themselves communists, sometimes capitalists, sometimes devoutly...
Zeitgeist
Brian Clegg on Brain-Computer Interfaces
"The biggest problem with introducing electrodes into the brain, apart from the non-trivial risk of damage during implantation, is that...
Zeitgeist
How Will AI Change Everything Without Changing Anything?
The Microsoft AI for Good program offers "organizations working to solve global challenges to the environment, humanitarian issues, accessibility, health,...
Technological Change
The End of War
Since the earliest use of fire at least many hundred thousand years ago (if not earlier), technology has always been...
Technological Change
Social Contract Generators
Supposing we are able to ward off any possibility of violence and prevent incapacitating aging indefinitely and heal all diseases,...
Social Systems
Democracy Without the Majoritarian Abuse of Power
While people have tried to critique or defend populism, it has just become necessary in democracies because it helps whip...