More than meets the AI: Quantum intelligence

The universe never gives up. Once something, anything, is set into motion, the universe will see it through one way or another. Everything that has ever happened has an effect on everything that will ever happen. And all of those things are a reaction to whatever happened at the genesis of this particular iteration.  Whatever …

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More than meets the AI: The ultimate trust fall

Your AI chatbot name is your middle name, plus the name of the first car you owned, and your credit card number. Paypal me $25 and I’ll tell you my secret for getting total strangers to give you money. The check is in the mail.  Trust me. In this issue: The ultimate trust fall (754 …

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More Than Meets the AI: How alive is alive enough?

I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m not alive, I’m Maroon 5. Whoops, sorry for that gibberish. We’re not sure how that got in here. Other than, you know, the fact that a human pretty much had to type it. Ahem. Cough. Cough.  In this issue:  -Moving goalposts (504 words) -How alive is alive enough? (463 words) …

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More than meets the AI: The chatbots are here. Now what?

Bing plus ChatGPT! Google and Bard! Baidu and … uhh.. Ernie bot? Okay. Sure. Baidu and Ernie bot! 2023 is the year of the chatbot, for sure.  In this issue: Alan Turing’s spirituality (649 words) Isaac Newton’s bullies (312 words) Bill Gates’ boundaries (178 words) Alan Turing’s spirituality With all the hubbub, hullabaloo, and fluff …

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More than meets the AI: Past is prescient

Today’s issue is brought to you by: it’s Monday and I made it out of bed, isn’t that good enough? In this issue: STEMPH (252 words) Pro bono publico (288) I need money (179 words)  STEMPH Here’s an argument someone should have made a few centuries ago: history and philosophy should be included in the …

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More than meets the AI: Are you there AI? It’s me, Tristan

There’s an old song by Tears for Fears about how everybody wants to rule the world… but I can’t remember what it’s called. Anyway, I think we’re learning that Orzabal and Smith might have been dead wrong about our species. In this issue: Most of us don’t want to rule the world (292 words) AI …

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More than meets the AI: The biggest scam in tech

Preface: I love AI. I’m super long on LLMs, computer vision, and robotics. But not all AI is good. Some of it can only be used for harm. I used to have a pet dog when I was a kid, a massive rottweiler who was as lovable and sweet as she was big. One day, …

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More than meets the AI: Solving driverless cars (hint: it’s an infrastructure thing)

Here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors It’s the only way to live in cars In this issue: A million AI robotaxis by 2020 (167 words) Exit big tech (214 words) Bonus: How to fix hyperloop (82 words) A million AI robotaxis by 2020 Here in my …

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More than Meets the AI: Universal Basic Freaking Income (UBFI)

Today’s column is brought to you by the letters U, B, F, and I. The “F” is optional but, in the next couple of decades, the “UBI” part will likely spell the difference between who gets to eat and who gets exploited into starvation. 3, 2, 1, intro time: Issue #3 Anything but basic (484 …

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More than meets the AI: A prayer for the living

When it comes to artificial intelligence, there’s almost no telling what machines will be capable of in the next month, year, or decade. I say “almost” because there’s a definite ceiling on AI potential. But, before I get into that, let us bow our heads and intro this issue: Issue #3: No fate but what …

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