Something I knew nothing about: the degree to which job interviewees are trying to cheat with AI, and the difficulties that makes for good hires. Tech hiring: is this an inflection point? Excellent article on why humanoid robots are slow … Continue reading →
Thesis: The missing element in forecasting the future of AI is to understand that AI needs culture just as humans need culture. One of the most significant scientific insights into understanding our own humanity was the relatively recent insight that … Continue reading →
This article “Fetility on Demand” by @RuxandraTeslo is a fantastic report on one way to increase the fertility rate by artificially extending reproductive age. Fertility on demand
The other day I was slicing a big loaf of dark Italian bread from a bakery; it is a pleasure to carve thick hunks of hearty bread to ready for the toaster. While I was happily slicing the loaf, the … Continue reading →
Imagine 50 years from now a Public Intelligence that was a distributed, open-source, non-commercial artificial intelligence, operated like the internet, and available to the whole world. This public AI would be a federated system, not owned by any one entity, … Continue reading →
It is odd that science fiction did not predict the internet. There are no vintage science fiction movies about the world wide web, nor movies that showed the online web as part of the future. We expected picture phones, and … Continue reading →
We aren’t the only species on this planet that have domesticated another species. There is one kind of ancient ant that herds and cares for insect aphids in order to milk them of honeydew sugar. But we are the only … Continue reading →
Summary: Human populations will start to decrease globally in a few more decades. Thereafter fewer and few humans will be alive to contribute labor and to consume what is made. However at the same historical moment as this decrease, we … Continue reading →
I’ve been seriously traveling for more than 50 years, and I’ve learned a lot. I’ve traveled solo, and I’ve led a tour group of 40 friends. I’ve slept in dormitories and I’ve stayed in presidential suites with a butler. I’ve … Continue reading →
TIL: Why ancient Egyptian statues often had broken noses. Probably grave robbers hoping to kill the guardian gods by preventing them from breathing so they knock their noses off so they can’t exert revenge on the robbers. Why Are the … Continue reading →
This surprising study showed that AI chat doctor was better than human Dr + AI. Not what we expected. Patients are going to use the chat Drs so once Drs figure out how to use them, they need to educate … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting analysis of the famous bet between Ehrlich and Simon on the future costs of commodities. Simon won but he probably would not have won so clearly if the bet had been made in other decades. Who would … Continue reading →
Here is an intriguing hypothesis that most life in the Universe will have arose on planets without stars. Life Without Stars: Stanets and Ploons
Interesting shift that seems to be happening in the US as “crunchy” organic, home-made vibe shifts from lefty to righty. I embrace this widening. How the Right Claimed ‘Crunchy’ The principles outlined here are basically the ones we use for … Continue reading →
Hook a bar code scanner to a speaker and then make music from bar codes. Playing Music With Barcode Scanners I am leaning into JOMO instead of FOMO. JOMO is the “joy of missing out.” Started as a church movement. … Continue reading →
China is aiming to put humans back on the moon within 3-4 years from now, years before the US returns humans to the moon. That will be a huge pychological blow to Americans. With Dreams of a Lunar Outpost, China … Continue reading →
This 2-minute podcast created by Google NotebookLM AI is worth listening to for it’s brilliant imititation and creatitivity. The NotebookLM hosts realizing they are AI and spiraling out is a twist I did not see coming
One showcase for AI gen video is to re-make trailers of famous sci-fi films. Here is the Fifth Element from the 1950s. The Fifth Element – 1950’s Super Panavision 70
I found myself in great agreement with the advice in this crisp essay on why you should quit your job, particularly a good job, and encourage productive leisure. Quit Your Job
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