I am so stoked to see Meridian Brothers live.

I am so stoked to see Meridian Brothers live.
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.
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.
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.