I was about to say something bad about the UN A.I. For Good Global Summit and how they botched that robot thing.
But let’s focus on something positive instead.
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This recent interview with Douglas Hofstadter reinforces in me the idea that even before any risk of misalignment, the biggest risk already upon us is a crisis of motivation.
Tired: turning your bedroom into a camera obscura.
Wired: replicate the entire history of camera technology inside Blender.
Ushering into an era of plausible deniability. https://restofworld.org/2023/indian-politician-leaked-audio-ai-deepfake/
Potentially falsifiable, but not necessarily easily or definitively falsifiable.
I owe a big part of my productivity to this short essay: https://structuredprocrastination.com
Thanks, John Perry.
Enantiodromia
Wikipedia informs: Enantiodromia (Ancient Greek: ἐναντίος, romanized: enantios – “opposite” and δρόμος, dromos – “running course”) is a principle introduced in the West by psychiatrist Carl Jung. In Psychological Types, Jung defines enantiodromia as “the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time.”[1] It is similar to the principle of equilibrium in the natural world, in that any extreme is opposed by the system in order …
When you are in LA, don’t miss out on the amazing and surprisingly affordable SPAs in Koreatown.
“Computational entity” sounds a lot more ominous than “bot”.
Writing software targeting a vintage computing platform is a most delightful form of privilege.