Jeff Geraghty

Leader, Learner, Explorer

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

@petesalmon @aeonmag @philosophybites Happy to share, Peter. Brilliant work! Do you have a LinkedIn profile I can tag?

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“octopus [present] a relationship with death, and time, that is profoundly different from ours…we do not approach mating or childcare with the expectation that death will soon follow…The octopus sacrifices its own future for the future of its offspring.” https://t.co/UL3ASEFXdb

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“To think about the implications of AGI is to think about our society …, and the philosophies we espouse collectively by deciding to live this way. [It] has the potential to fundamentally alter society. That’s both the promise and the opportunity.” https://t.co/jE3sUNsuef

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

Schelling traps are common within and between organizations, especially large ones. As the size of an organization grows…leads to the emergence of whatever default is expedient - “I’ll use the same spreadsheet as last time” - rather than what is effective https://t.co/8GRtpw9evF

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

Delightful read https://t.co/F4PTjf3yuo

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“if matter acquires its massness through this Higgs boson, then matter is a dynamic entity, an interaction. A process; not a thing!” https://t.co/VCmFeNYzWl

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“Physicists had hypothesised the Higgs boson as a mechanism in the so-called Standard Model by which the particle quanta of the fundamental fields acquire their mass” https://t.co/VCmFeNYzWl

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“if ChatGPT were a lossless algorithm…it would always answer questions by providing a verbatim quote from a relevant Web page. We would probably regard the software as only a slight improvement over a conventional search engine, and be less impressed” https://t.co/4gqi59iRK0

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“Learning might be the central task of the grieving brain, which has long based its calculations on the assumption that a loved one will be there.” https://t.co/pjxtO3hrHV

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

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[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

Designing a dream house; “a place where you will feel a deep sense of belonging; a real home for your body, your heart, and your soul.” https://t.co/tTymr0pUG1

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Cooperation https://t.co/xfdPPMdWek

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“Algorithms—especially machine learning algorithms—have become major social institutions. To paraphrase anthropologist Mary Douglas, algorithms “do the classifying.” https://t.co/0LDrAfNl9t

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[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“The larger a country, the less easy for its real opinion to be ascertained, and … counterfeited,” Madison explained. “The more extensive a country, the more insignificant is each individual in his own eyes. This may be unfavorable to liberty.” https://t.co/yZfLpppZCJ

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“It is a miracle — and perhaps the greatest illusion of all — that we perceive our mind as a single consciousness” https://t.co/hs91woPEIU

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“you are a human being encountering the world, and if you find something interesting, the chances are, so will other people” https://t.co/RW0N5OVrnX

[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“the semiconductor industry churns out more objects in a year than have ever been produced in all the other factories in all the other industries in the history of the world” https://t.co/L2XGqA784d

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[Jeff Geraghty @jtg142]

“…a recommendation algorithm on one app can alter the political environment of an entire country” https://t.co/18bnlMMdvM