We Must Become What We Are Not

We Must Become What We Are Not

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hopefully when the sun rises tomorrow we can be done with the false narratives of hillbilly elegy and “it’s the economy,stupid”. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Experience of the Authors Why do I say that? Because the narratives reduce any human to a really silly data point. They don’t give agency to those people claim they do…

When Does a Signal Become a Symbol?

When Does a Signal Become a Symbol?

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] We discussed the relationship between symbols and signals in an email exchange with a potential partner. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Empathetic Technology We were discussing whether Maslo had made any verifiable progress in artifical intelligence and empathetic technology. The response was too good to not post a blog.

Intelligence Must Be Time Independent

Intelligence Must Be Time Independent

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Why is it practical and not just fun philosophy to assume time doesn’t exist? [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Logical and Efficiency if you want yourself or your machines to learn and adapt faster and better than other people and machines then you should not organize signals by default in a time (observed causal) order.

Hyper-Realism (Vr, Ar, Real Time News Feeds, Etc) Kills Your Imagination

Hyper-Realism (Vr, Ar, Real Time News Feeds, Etc) Kills Your Imagination

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] As our tech makes society more “real time” and “photo realistic” and “hyper” we lose our imaginations. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Brain/Body We’re effectively outsourcing power of suggestion (the work the brain does to fill in gaps in patterns) to external to the body technology.

Personal Identity Is the Transactional Unit in Capitalism

Personal Identity Is the Transactional Unit in Capitalism

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The autonomous individual making rational decisions, following or breaking laws, creating or obtaining property, and or becoming property. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Humans Conception Personal identity is not the pinnacle of awareness or entity actualization or spirituality or whatever other modern psyc perch we want to put it on.

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