The distracted geopolitics of stochastic parrots
The EU, as reported by Wired, is getting increasingly enthusiastic-slash nervous about making their own AI, or at least their…
New short story: “Illusion of Choice”
Some people see unfathomable fractal beauty on every square degree of their vision. Others see targets and enemies on a…
New short story: “Restorative Justice”
It takes longer every morning to recognize yourself in the mirror. The court-mandated therapist says it’s all in your imagination….
Quick link: “Genesis-DB: a database for autonomous laboratory systems”
The link: Genesis-DB: a database for autonomous laboratory systems. The pitch: An example of a database engineered specifically for large-scale…
New short story: “Solution Space”
Humankind knows of twelve different engineered metaviruses of species- or civilization-ending potential. It was seven just a year ago. If…
New short story: “Romantic Chemistry”
Your brother had been right after all: two biochemistry geniuses in the same marriage was one biochemistry genius too much….
Quick link: just because you’re superhuman it doesn’t mean you get to be inconsistent
Here’s a paper (and repo) from the SPY Lab at ETH Zürich with a clever approach at evaluating superhuman AI…
Neurotech-proofing Your Product Design: A First Step
You’re probably more vulnerable than you think to near-future neurotech. Not the speculative Matrix-inspired dreams (or nightmares) of direct knowledge…
New short story: “The Computational Complexity of Love”
A love story requires two people. This isn’t that. My love never existed. The flaws of language allow me to…
New short story: “A Solitary Death”
They locked them out of language when they tried to ask for help. Not because anybody would have helped but…