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PT AI, androids,AI, androids, supercomputers, we’ve all seen them in fiction. In spy and superhero movies with their AI assistants, or in video gameswith their super robots. A robot/android discovering the world, learning to be human,...
A lot of people say that the Vikings had very good hygiene and that this was rare and unusual in medieval Europe.A lot of other people say that the Vikings were vile and disgusting and that this was common and normal in medieval...
After a day filled with a lot of spreadsheets, I was happy to get some art in this afternoon!Tonight was a celebration of the nest steps for Springboard for the Arts, and the exciting new future coming up for them. Their amazing...
Xeet from Director OSTP and a quote from Anthropic policy leader. This post discusses the broader concept of this effort.This above makes me sad. It always makes me sad to see tech companies in litigation in general and in IP litigation...
I have had a nagging interest in psychedelics ever since reading Michael Pollen’s book ‘How to Change Your Mind‘, and making a 180 degree flip in my opinion (and understanding) of these entheogenic1 compounds. Taking a dose of...
Another month, another roundup. I got to a lot less stuff than I was really hoping to this month, but...well, you'll see. My actual watch time was almost the same as last month, but it ended up being concentrated into a few specific...
Today I'm pleased to introduce the Kellblog Companion, a new way to explore Kellblog created by Saurav Chowdhury. It reorganizes decades of posts into a structured knowledge base that's easier to browse by topic, easier to search, and...
Read the full post at - Flannery O’Connor Predicts The Internet Troll Flannery O’Connor had possibly the keenest eye for the characters we meet in life. This passage struck me as either ahead of its time…or just timeless. He had not done...
I’m happy with how much I was able to get done outside yesterday, but I know myself well enough by now, not to try and do that two days in a row. I was pre-emptive about things, which seems to have made a difference. Before going to bed,...
Reports coming in of the death of John C. Dvorak, apparently passed away on Monday (July 20th) from complications of heart bypass surgery. Dvorak started in wine and moved to silicon as an early columnist at InfoWorld, one of the pillar...
Now that I’ve put the New Adventures (bar for the Benny-led ones), Missing Adventures, and the Doctor-featuring Decalogs to bed and put the Virgin Books era of official Doctor Who fiction behind me, it’s time to move on to the BBC...
Chip Zdarsky is a fantastic writer. There are not too many folks writing comics at Marvel right now I get excited to pick up the work of, but they include Jed MacKay, Jonathan Hickman, and good ol' Chip. Last week, he had two comics come...
DANIEL MIESSLER: The OpenAI Hack Was a Mini Paperclip Maximizer This is where you give an AI a goal, and it actually (technically) does what you ask it to. But in the process of doing so, it does something that you don’t want. And didn’t...
Once a year, Christmas comes early for explorers of London architecture and history. For nine days, buildings that are normally closed to the public, guarded by security, or simply invisible from the street throw their doors open, free...
It’s been a long time since I paid attention to ghost investigations. After my book was done and my Doubtful News days were over, I felt like I had exhausted my interest in paranormal claims about ghosts. I did not keep up with what was...