Tag: philosophy
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reading the mind of god
notes on “the infinity machine” by sebastian mallaby I expected a book about artificial general intelligence. I got a book about a man who commits to protein structures the way some people commit to holy texts. I had known Google’s AI Space for the solid and flattering synthesis into Podcasts. Now I realize that its…
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Mastery confuses me
This morning, I dreamed me and my business partner were on a mountain slope, surrounded by thick fog. Suddenly from behind us, a cat emerged, running really fast, looking absurd in this oxygen-rich air that immediately invigorates you in those green mountains. The cat wore a metal hat—literally a metal pot in which its little…