I was making a selection of quotes that I truly adore, and this came out: “We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself”― Carl Sagan “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create
Slaughterbots – AI scare PR gone wrong
This film is merely bad science fiction, nothing more. Sure, we could build such bots, but the scenario is absurd. Would banning any kind of weapon control system prevent terrorists from using it? That itself is a basic error of
Censored Criticism on the Wikipedia Article About AI Eschatology
AI doomsayer charlatans (such as Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nick Bostrom, Elon Musk and their various minions and shills) have been spreading Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt about the AGI field for over 7 years, and it is time to reveal what they
In Defense of Jim Carrey’s Anti-Personality Stance
I witness with amazement how the common village folk find the oddly smart actor Jim Carrey’s denouncement of the Platonic ideal of Self and Personhood. Jim Carrey, it seems, has reached a philosophical level of consciousness occupied seldomly by actors,
Simulation Argument and Existential AI Risk
The combination of simulation argument and existential AI risk nonsense can be aptly described as new age creationism. Claiming that AGI technology will destroy “humanity” with 20-30% probability was a rather comical maneuver by the arch-creationist Bostrom. I understand that
Time Crystals and Digital Physics
Recently, experiments have been conducted that verify the existence of a state of matter that is called a discrete time crystal. This type of material has a perfect repetition across time, which means that it acts like a Perpetuum Mobile
A suggestion to our Davos elites
My personal work is replacing data scientists with human-level AI. Imagine what we can do if we can replace statisticians. It was us, scientists, who made those very developments in AI, and robotics that you elites so abstractly talked about
Simulation Argument Does Not Contain a Scientific Hypothesis
Not anymore than the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster, or a toothy fairy, or a djinn contains one. Just because you can imagine that you live in a giant video game, does not mean that is a scientifically credible thought. If there
Thus spoke Cyberthustra
I see many a folk who blindly follow their leaders and glorify them. I see those who among you who would like to see me as their crazy leader, even, as though that may not be the wisest thing
The Shadow of Behaviorism
Behaviorism cast a long and wide shadow back in the day, and some of its influence can still be felt within the AI discipline. I want to focus on a few habits that are apparently left-over from behaviorist psychology, and probably