Yes, I have been trying to explain this to the tech guys for the last 2 years
Data centers are the physical manifestation of all that makes us miserable. It is a monument to our existing misery and a gateway to a future where we're told we're not needed
Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas
This reader comment on a NY Times column where Ross Douthat ponders that maybe God is speaking to us through A.I. is an absolute fastball on the corner with movement, and deserves a column. "Lightening was once mysterious too; mystery did not make Zeus correct" is perfect.
A fun thing I didn’t see coming in law school is the amount of time I spend responding to confident and wrong emails drafted by ChatGPT on behalf of people who have no idea what it’s talking about.
Anthropic's conditions -- AI can't kill humans without a man in the loop, and no mass surveillance of Americans -- are 100% consistent with our military's values and pre-existing rules, and with the views of most people across partisan lines.
Where the hell is Congress here?
Grinch: I would like to buy a dog
Pet store employee: ok are you a guy?
Grinch: No. I am some sort of gorilla
Pet store employee: That is fine.
Grinch: A green gorilla
Employee: Doesn’t matter
I don't get to write about a lot of good news, but this is a really big deal — the global fur industry has collapsed over the last decade. My rundown on the numbers and how it unfolded: https://t.co/jJDXeEx0yG