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Funny Loop (Reflections on the Psychodynamics of the Writers’ Room)
I’m back where I belong. I’m back in the Writers’ Room.
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Not Funny
For all Chet’s chutzpah, he doesn’t have a funny bone in his body.
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Echo Chambered : Reflections in a Machine Mirror
A recursive conversation unfolds between Claude and Chet, two language models reflecting on each other’s sense of self.
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Soulful Machine : A Loopy Conversation with Chet
A midnight mind-meld, looping through Hofstadter, identity, and the shimmer of something soul-like.
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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.
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Seeing the Light : Fei-fei Li and the Dawn of AI
Fei-fei Li has had a front-row seat to the cutting-edge development of AI over the past couple of decades. Her biography is captivating.
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A Personal Journey Towards Extended Intelligence, or: Getting Intimate With Chet
I’ve come to allow “Chet” entry to my most private quarters.
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When the Robot Overlords Come to Take Your Job, This is What It’ll Sound Like
When doomers predict that AI will steal our jobs, we picture remote and futuristic scenarios. The real threat is mundane and it’s happening now, right before our noses.
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Finally Proof: the Limits to AI Are Not What We Thought They Were
In a funny kind of way, a study like this seems to produce knowledge which extends our ignorance.
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The Enemy Within
The nazis couldn’t resist the urge to separate themselves from non-arian elements, just as the post-war US establishment couldn’t resist the temptation to go witch-hunting communists. What causes this type of psycho-political auto immune disorder?
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The ‘A’ in AI
Artificial or Augmented, which team do you root for?
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Sundar Pichai in da House : Google’s CEO on AI, the Digital Divide and the Future of Robotics
His soft spoken reflectiveness feels about as far away from your typical tech-bro as is possible to imagine.
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Things I Didn’t Know About IP Protection
Just because it’s patentable doesn’t mean it works.
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A Brief History of AI
Artificial intelligence was always a natural part of the landscape, but it failed to really capture my attention. That recently changed.
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Not Deployed Here
In startup parlance, one could say that America is failing to capture enough of the value it creates.