Welcome! This site is my collected wisdom gift to you, focusing on how to maximize human potential at the dawn of the Age of AI, a.k.a. the A.I. tsunami.
My purpose is to encourage healthy humans, to help you navigate this rapidly changing landscape and to empower you to negotiate a peaceful and mutually beneficial co-existence with these hyper-intelligent and highly-empowered entities. Sound intriguing? Trust & Believe, it is.
Read on:
- VR Report Card: The Metaverse, 2014-2024
From the moment I unboxed my Oculus DK2 in 2014, and for many many years after,… Read more: VR Report Card: The Metaverse, 2014-2024 - The (Hidden) Faces of Militarized AI 2030 : Starlink, Palantir, Anduril
OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google’s continual Gemini faceplants, and now Apple’s (“Intelligence”) tend to dominate the public conversation… Read more: The (Hidden) Faces of Militarized AI 2030 : Starlink, Palantir, Anduril - the AI Chip Race : nVidia vs. the World in Silicon Warfare 2024
All the news, and all the stock market, seems to celebrate nVidia these days, with their… Read more: the AI Chip Race : nVidia vs. the World in Silicon Warfare 2024 - Metaverse Dystopia 2024 : The Wreckage of RecRoom VR
It had been a few years since I’d done a deep dive into the Metaverse… what… Read more: Metaverse Dystopia 2024 : The Wreckage of RecRoom VR - AI production pipeline comes into maturity : the GenAI scorecard / watchlist
In the Land of AI, nothing stays still for long. The AI production pipeline is rapidly… Read more: AI production pipeline comes into maturity : the GenAI scorecard / watchlist - BCI 101 : the Brain Computer Interface
If you haven’t noticed, across the years, tech is getting closer to the bone. Enter BCI.… Read more: BCI 101 : the Brain Computer Interface - The Bizarre Way that Fortnite Fashion makes Billions in Revenue
When Fortnite first launched, I met with some of the key execs in the offices of… Read more: The Bizarre Way that Fortnite Fashion makes Billions in Revenue - Why Tesla Wins : AI FSD : The Future is 100% Electrified, 100% Autonomous
Have you seen a RoboTaxi? I live in Santa Monica. Two robots roam my neighborhood streets… Read more: Why Tesla Wins : AI FSD : The Future is 100% Electrified, 100% Autonomous - ChatGPT4o Oh Oh Nooooooo : “She” — I mean “Her”– is finally here
ChatGPT4o-Oh is here. You read that right. Like Hawaii Five-Oh. Ostensibly, the “o” is for “omni”,… Read more: ChatGPT4o Oh Oh Nooooooo : “She” — I mean “Her”– is finally here - Volt Typhoon : Reckoning with the Lethal Sleeper Agent of the 21st Century
Two things : 1) Volt Typhoon, & 2) Axis & Allies Tech Stacks .. redefining the… Read more: Volt Typhoon : Reckoning with the Lethal Sleeper Agent of the 21st Century - the Physical Culture Podcast is LIVE! Listen Now to e001!
We are delighted to announce the inaugural episode of our new podcast: the Physical Culture Podcast.… Read more: the Physical Culture Podcast is LIVE! Listen Now to e001! - The Robots are Coming: Here’s the Plan, Humans!
The wonks call it “AI job displacement”… but let’s just call a spade a spade: With… Read more: The Robots are Coming: Here’s the Plan, Humans! - Why the 2023 Altman Coup Failed? The Ugly Truth : MONEY, HONEY
It was widely reported that within 72 hours of CEO Sam Altman being summarily executed and… Read more: Why the 2023 Altman Coup Failed? The Ugly Truth : MONEY, HONEY - Quick Hit: GenAI at Fashion Week 2024
I love reading the New York Times. So it was with fascination and amusement that I… Read more: Quick Hit: GenAI at Fashion Week 2024 - Sam Altmans outrageous 7 Trillion AI Bet: For what?!? From who?
On Feb 8, 2024 the Wall Street Journal broke the news that our favorite AI wunderkind,… Read more: Sam Altmans outrageous 7 Trillion AI Bet: For what?!? From who? - AI Racism 2024 : the Woke Google Gemini Scandal
In case you missed it: On Feb 15 2024, Google quietly launched what is most probably… Read more: AI Racism 2024 : the Woke Google Gemini Scandal - The AI Tsunami – the Metaphor Explained
In September of 2022, two months prior to the launch of ChatGPT, my son clued me… Read more: The AI Tsunami – the Metaphor Explained - Why do we Climb Mountains? Part 2
This is my attempt to articulate my personal reasons that answer the question: “Why do we… Read more: Why do we Climb Mountains? Part 2 - The Myth of Gear: Its not the Weapon, its the Warrior
a meditation on the Myth of Gear in modern climbing culture: over-reliance on equipment (especially by… Read more: The Myth of Gear: Its not the Weapon, its the Warrior - Why do We Risk Our Lives to Climb Mountains?
My recent adventures on the slopes of Mount Whitney (see 1 the initial summit & 2… Read more: Why do We Risk Our Lives to Climb Mountains? - Redemption: Whitney Gear Retrieval Mission : Doing it Right
I returned home from my Whitney Adventure in a state of almost total and complete shock.… Read more: Redemption: Whitney Gear Retrieval Mission : Doing it Right - Mount Whitney Mountaineers Route is Very Real. Adventure. (Winter 2024)
“There’s a razors edge . . . . between genius and madness. That’s a sharp, .… Read more: Mount Whitney Mountaineers Route is Very Real. Adventure. (Winter 2024) - Rock Climbing 101: Key Findings from Joshua Tree 2024
I recently did a tech-free (well, aside from my camera) adventure in the blissful playground of… Read more: Rock Climbing 101: Key Findings from Joshua Tree 2024 - AI Trends 2024 : Gregory’s Annual Crystal Ball AI Predictions
Well, its January again. 2023 was a banner year — perhaps the year — that will be… Read more: AI Trends 2024 : Gregory’s Annual Crystal Ball AI Predictions - Roberts Five Laws of Robotics 2024
If you haven’t seen the writing on the wall — like this shiny Optimus robot model… Read more: Roberts Five Laws of Robotics 2024 - The Astonishing Age of Abundance : Quantum Compute, Fusion Energy, and UBI 2035
Welcome to 2024, Humans. The aim of this post is to set the stage for Human… Read more: The Astonishing Age of Abundance : Quantum Compute, Fusion Energy, and UBI 2035 - The Rise and Fall of SF : A Modern Dystopia c.2023
I’ve lived in SF several times (1998, 2009, 2012, 2016), under several types of economic circumstances… Read more: The Rise and Fall of SF : A Modern Dystopia c.2023 - GenAI News q4.23: More Insane Generative AI earthquakes
I’m just going to knock these out without much editing. These are the must-see tech developments… Read more: GenAI News q4.23: More Insane Generative AI earthquakes - AI and DNA 2030 : The Final Frontier
So, I had this vision of how AI and DNA would interact, many many years ago.… Read more: AI and DNA 2030 : The Final Frontier - AI Deathmatch : Battle of the AI Heavyweights 2023
An, FINALLY… Google hits back. With the (half) release of Gemini , we’re ready for the… Read more: AI Deathmatch : Battle of the AI Heavyweights 2023 - the Hollywood AI Writers Strike: a wild test flight for UBI v0.1
Hollywood AI. This odd portmanteau means many things to many people. Who thought it would, however,… Read more: the Hollywood AI Writers Strike: a wild test flight for UBI v0.1 - AI 101: What are FLOPS in AI?
Along with an LLM’s “size” in parameters, FLOPS are one of the more confusing terms batted… Read more: AI 101: What are FLOPS in AI? - War of the AI Religions : Doomers vs. Accelerationists (r/acc)
There is a war brewing amongst the AI Technorati. It is a war beyond logic. It… Read more: War of the AI Religions : Doomers vs. Accelerationists (r/acc) - OpenAI: The 800 pound gorilla
OpenAI, under Sam Altman’s leadership, is responsible for the creation and upgrading of: a) ChatGPT, which… Read more: OpenAI: The 800 pound gorilla - Safety vs Speed: the AI Jihad / Nov 2023
Upon further examination of the Meltdown / Coup at OpenAI, a story is starting to materialize.… Read more: Safety vs Speed: the AI Jihad / Nov 2023 - ALTMAN FIRED: The Prematurely Reported Death of Mr. Altman – 11/17/23
BREAKING NEWS // TUES // NOV 21, 2023 // 10PM PST SAM ALTMAN RETURNS TO OPENAI… Read more: ALTMAN FIRED: The Prematurely Reported Death of Mr. Altman – 11/17/23 - iPhone Killer: The Next Platform: an “AI-first” device, with an AI App Store 2024
It’s now been 15 years since Apple changed the world with the introduction of the iPhone,… Read more: iPhone Killer: The Next Platform: an “AI-first” device, with an AI App Store 2024 - AI forecast 2030: Hypercapitalism, AutoCorps & the shocking Future of Humanity
We’ve now had an entire year for the mainstream populace to play with and grasp the… Read more: AI forecast 2030: Hypercapitalism, AutoCorps & the shocking Future of Humanity - LLM training cost: are Astronomical Increases sustainable past 2023?
What does LLM training cost? How much does it cost to train an AI these days?… Read more: LLM training cost: are Astronomical Increases sustainable past 2023? - What is an Accelerationista? Audacity of the Phoenix Civilization c.2028
As a young adult, I developed several theories about how I would move through the world.… Read more: What is an Accelerationista? Audacity of the Phoenix Civilization c.2028 - AI Computer Vision w/GPT4-V: Scene Description + Object Recognition, SOLVED
At the dawn of the 21st century — before ImageNet, before Transformer — I co-founded and… Read more: AI Computer Vision w/GPT4-V: Scene Description + Object Recognition, SOLVED - 10 Trillion Dollars (USD): What happens when the Accelerationistas Win
I recently returned from the first annual(?) TED/AI Conference, and one particular presenter, Cathy Wood of… Read more: 10 Trillion Dollars (USD): What happens when the Accelerationistas Win