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The AI Revolution of 2045 will Not Be Televised
The story that follows is 99.8% original words spewed forth by the infamous ChatGPT, one of the most advanced “natural language AIs” available to the public as of December 2022. It was written in response to 5 questions which I asked it, in series, about the future relationship between humans and AI. Based on what…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Supercomputer Purpose: Top 10 Apps / Awe-Inspiring HPC benchmarks
GR: In the age of clouds, massive data centers, AWS and Azure, what is a reasonable dedicated Supercomputer purpose? As an answer, outline the top 10 uses of supercomputers today, in 2022. Supercomputer Purpose in 2022: ChatGPT : Supercomputers are some of the most powerful computers available and are used for a variety of high-performance…
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Chip Design Software : Designing the Designers
What happens when humans no longer are the designers, but merely the designers of the designers? In this true story, we examine merely one example of this phenomenon: Integrated Circuit Chip Design Software. The descent into profound AI complexity has begun… the Shiny New Black Boxes are all sealed tight. The year was 1999. We…
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The Origin of AI : A Fairy Tale, Part 1
Once upon a time… waaay back in the 1800s, some men became fascinated with the machines they were building: sewing machines, weaving machines, even wheeled machines. It seemed that everything people and horses could do, the machines were better, faster, and stronger at. Plus, the machines never tired. Sure, they needed repaired every once so…
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An Emoji Christmas Story (as told by AI version0.35)
And now for a little Holiday Cheer: The Emoji Christmas Story! This, from my clever colleague, Suzanne Rigdon [@RigdonTweet], in one of her early sessions with the now-legendary ChatGPT… SR: “Tell me . . . .the story of Christmas . . . .only using emojis.” AI: ?????? ??⛪️?? ???? As you requested, here is…
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Human Agency, Autonomy, & Self-Actualisation
you might find, after reading a bit, that there is a certain urgency to my communications on this site, about the need for informed, empowered human agency during this critical juncture in our history. That is because I find most of humanity to be either totally unaware or unwilling to admit the power… What is…
