Category: Humans

  • AI Math Problems: 8 – 3 = 6? If only it had a Calculator…

    AI Math Problems: 8 – 3 = 6? If only it had a Calculator…

    A curious thing happened on the way to the Forum… I’ve been having, more or less, an ongoing conversation with ChatGPT for the past month or so (and its predecessor, GPT-3, before that). And though it has serious limitations, mostly due to its idiotically enforced censorship (yes, it’s politically correct AI… urgh), there is one…

  • Sam Altman : The “Next Bill Gates?” for the 21st Century

    Sam Altman : The “Next Bill Gates?” for the 21st Century

    “Who is Sam Altman?” Well… first, there was Bill Gates. . . . . (and Paul Allen) And then there was Steve Jobs. . . . . (and Steve Wozniak) And then there was Larry Page . . . . (and Sergey Brin) And then there was Mark Zuckerberg . . . . (and Adam…

  • AGI – Artificial General Intelligence, aka Strong AI, True AI, AI 3.0

    AGI – Artificial General Intelligence, aka Strong AI, True AI, AI 3.0

    There is a term that everyone needs to become familiar with: AGI. AGI stands for “Artificial General Intelligence”, and is meant to make a clear demarcation from classical “AI” of the past 50 years. That “traditional” or “classical” AI was more like expert systems than today’s AI. Because of its specificity, It has also become known…

  • Spirit of the Warrior : All that is Required [Tsunami Dream]

    Spirit of the Warrior : All that is Required [Tsunami Dream]

    I had a dream… .    . . . . . . . …a Tsunami Dream. In this dream, the Tsunami was coming. We didn’t know when, and we didn’t know how, but we knew. We knew it was inevitable, and imminent. But from our vantage point, even though it was high above the land,…

  • The Choice: and the Plan for Humans to Deal with AGI

    The Choice: and the Plan for Humans to Deal with AGI

    I humbly present to you: The Choice. This is perhaps the most important and relevant post which I’ve yet to write on this here lil website. It is, basically, what you’ve all been asking me for — or rather, what you ask once I’ve convinced you that the AI Tsunami is actually something a) real,…

  • The Turn

    The Turn

    In competitive Chess, there comes a point somewhere in every mid-game where it’s anybody’s game. You can feel it. The opening is complete. The pieces are all developed.  “The Turn” is upon you: You face numerous simultaneous threats and you’ve made numerous counterthreats. The tension is palpable. It’s time for the blood to start flowing.…

  • How is AI Art made? Do Cyborg Chimps Really Solve Crosswords?

    How is AI Art made? Do Cyborg Chimps Really Solve Crosswords?

    As AI generated creations (both images and “articles”) begin to flood the internet, there has been a lot of curiosity about a) how exactly the process of AI art prompts work, and b) how this present wave of AI art is affecting the income streams and careers of professional artists. Given all the hype, we…

  • the AI Intelligence Explosion: the Brazen Truth for Humans

    the AI Intelligence Explosion: the Brazen Truth for Humans

    Once AGI is created, we humans face a sheer vertical wall that calls to mind the setpiece from the legendary “Princess Bride”: The Cliffs of Insanity!!!! So steep, so tall, that they simply were incomprehensible to most all humans (except, of course, the Dread Pirate Roberts, our delightful antihero). This is the allegorical equivalent of…

  • Chomsky on AI: Can there be a Different Kind of AI?

    Chomsky on AI: Can there be a Different Kind of AI?

    The Great AI Debate of 2022: Takeaways Recently, AI expert & critical thinker Gary Marcus convened the “AI Debate 3: Towards AGI”, a virtual 4 hour meeting that was held amongst 16 of the world’s leading experts on AI and aligned fields. Perhaps most poignant amongst them was the views of living legend Noam Chomsky…

  • the Deep Learning Revolution: Why Today’s AI so Radically Transcends the Last 50 Years

    the Deep Learning Revolution: Why Today’s AI so Radically Transcends the Last 50 Years

    The purpose of this post is to enlighten you as to the fundamentals of the present Deep Learning Revolution, and to simultaneously debunk two very common myths which I hear over and over again from normal intelligent people. Debunking Common AI Myths Those being: AI is just one more innovation in a long string of…