#artificial intelligence

  • Younger Than That Now

    I feel at home in the bookishness of AI. My kids, not so much.

  • Close to the Machine

    The machine has changed. So have I. Something mutual is taking shape.

  • OODA Loop

    We used to navigate by the stars. Now we have 2.7 seconds to decide who lives and dies. Welcome to the OODA loop.

  • AI’s Physics Envy

    AI researchers suffer from physics envy, the desire to find a single, unifying, overarching theme to AI.

  • How To Build An AI the Size of a Proton

    As I turned the last page of The Three-Body Problem, I learn that real-life string theorists are now making progress on this very issue.

  • The Lesser Evil

    The question of how dangerous superintelligence will be, must be put in perspective.