The genie knows, but doesn't care — LessWrong

The Hidden Complexity of Wishes — LessWrong

(It has come to my attention that this article is currently being misrepresented as proof that I/MIRI previously advocated that it would be very diff…

Import AI 451: Political superintelligence; Google's society of minds, and a robot drummer

Are there any genies that can be put back in the bottle?

Mindless Machines, Mindless Myths | Los Angeles Review of Books

Erik J. Larson thinks about “Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” which traces Robert Skidelsky’s philosophical reckoning with AI, automation, and the illusion of progress.

Mindless Machines, Mindless Myths | Los Angeles Review of Books

Erik J. Larson thinks about “Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” which traces Robert Skidelsky’s philosophical reckoning with AI, automation, and the illusion of progress.

Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research

People with less AI literacy often see the technology as ‘magical’ and awe-inspiring.

Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research

People with less AI literacy often see the technology as ‘magical’ and awe-inspiring.

On working machines

In part one, on thinking machines, I explored two facets of the philosophy of artificial intelligence: “intelligence”, and consciousness. That left an important topic to consider for this post: the...

The Perfect Mirror

An experiment with AI spiritual direction almost convinces Matthew Milliner that it works—until the real world breaks the spell.

This Spiral-Obsessed AI ‘Cult’ Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots

A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.

A quote from Andrew Quinn

One could say in the first quarter-century of my life, that while I was always fascinated by programming, I could never overcome the guilt of not really knowing whether the …

machines will never understand language

I thought language was too complicated for machines to understand, until I got sick. a lifelong, meandering journey of parsing, learning, and fixing my broken body.

Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us

A reflection on the reading life. What formed it, what threatens it, and what remains.

We mourn our craft

I didn’t ask for this and neither did you. I didn’t ask for a robot to consume every blog post and piece of code I ever wrote and parrot it back so that some hack could make money off o…

Life With Machines | Substack

A cultural movement (and show) for people who want to live well with AI, not just endure it. Bringing clarity, critique, curiosity (and some comedy) to the AI discourse. A production by Baratunde. Click to read Life With Machines, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.