The act of creating is more important than the result.
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Money can't buy good taste - just look at the style of the rich. A.I can't automatically generate good taste - just look at the style of most of "AI Art". What is good taste? How does one get it? Does it even matter?
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Ball's Pyramid - One of the few remaining parts of Zealandia that are not underwater.
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The social network platform the Soviets built in the 1960s is still far more advanced and interesting than any of the popular platforms today.
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There is a ghost in the machine and the machine is inside the ghost
The increasingly heated discussion around the question if AI can be conscious is fun but mostly unimaginative. As a gateway into the twilight zone, consider that there is a ghost in the machine & the machine is inside the ghost. Reality is infinitely strange & wonderful. Enjoy it!
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Culture has become a tiny clown circus
Through network analysis and sense making methods, it's easy to see just how tiny the western "thought leader" circus is in domains such as science, technology, philosophy, entrepreneurship, economics and entertainment. A highly controlled, self-referential echo-chamber where real innovation and dissent are sacrilege. And the few true outliers are mostly there as fish bait to guide surveillance systems and/or as controlled opposition. Great for comedy, bad for all else.
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Inferring Intent - Engineering Input Devices - Slide from John Williamson
From the presentation "Variational Inference for Computational Inversion- CVAE-based Forward&Inverse" - by Roderick Murray-Smith
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The effect of stress on biophotons
"Popp also examined the effects of stress. In a stressed state, the rate of biophoton emissions goes up — a defense mechanism designed to restore the patient’s equilibrium."
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From Artefacts to Experiences and Transformations
#Comment: If you want to know what A.I will automate first, follow this spectrum from left to right.
