Last fall I was at the AI conference hosted by the CPG in Bangkok, sitting next to Erik Vermeulen of Tilburg University and Phillips Electronics, when a… Read more “The Paperclip Singularity”
Tag: robot
The AI apocalypse is catching on
Thanks to the help of Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and others, we’re seeing an increasingly public conversation about Apocalyptic AI (the belief that machines will become transcendent… Read more “The AI apocalypse is catching on”
Home schooling with the Simulation Hypothesis
Recently, my 12-year old read Ready Player One (a particularly fun read for gamers, Dungeons & Dragons players, children of the 80s, and the rest of my… Read more “Home schooling with the Simulation Hypothesis”
Robots, religion, and Indian cinema
This week, a friend in India sent me a fascinating link: a brand new cinematic short based on a story written by the great Indian filmmaker Satyajit… Read more “Robots, religion, and Indian cinema”