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Why would I learn to paint with pen & paper and feel relaxed & joyful doing it, when I can generate an image using an AI that uses the same amount of electricity & water as a small village, just so I can share it on social media where people notice it for 2 sec?
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The idea that AI will revolutionize healthcare is popular but likely wrong: The western socio-economic systems has no incentive for "curing patients cheaply" as it isn't a "sustainable business model". AI might make healthcare more profitable for corporations but worse for people.
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The timid little flame of an idea needs playful fun to transform into a blazing magical fire
I forgot for a sec just how important "having fun" is as a gradient for success. One can research, engineer and optimize anything to the nth degree, but if the journey is not fun and personally meaningful, it's likely dead in the water.
Regardless of the project idea one considers, upon closer examination, one inevitably concludes that there are numerous ambiguities and challenges associated with it. Moreover, when presenting any idea to a group of ten people, at least five may fail to grasp it until a compelling pitch is crafted. Approaching ideas exclusively with an analytical engineering mindset swiftly spells doom for nascent concepts—it stifles innovation at its core, depriving it of the essential spark of playful creativity necessary for initiation. Consequently, the focus should not initially be on achieving a robust implementation with universal applicability, but rather on swift implementation and eliciting feedback. The timid little flame of an idea needs playful fun to transform into a blazing magical fire
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Empires don't fail, they transform: The Roman empire became a church. The British empire became a bank. The American empire became the internet.
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Replace most news with gardening news and the world will start healing
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When asked about their hopes for artificial general intelligence (AGI), many proponents cite aspirations to 'make the world a better place'. Upon closer examination, the specifics often involve improving health & reducing suffering globally. Yet, attempting to convey that such aims are achievable today at scale through highly accessible low-tech solutions, mostly falls on deaf ears. Why is that?
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To conduct and support high tech genocide with unfettered brutality & simultaneously babble something about the rise of "artificial super intelligence", is a clear sign of societal stupidity & accelerating degeneration.
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Ancient dreams in a modern land
Amidst the increasingly insane AI-driven late-capitalist narrative, it's crucial to reconsider our roots for balance. Instead of succumbing to the madness, we can focus on reviving ancient practices: Dance with the witches, cultivate medicinal plants, worship trees and sacred spaces. Let's prioritize connection with nature and our love ones over the sterile confines of silicon servers hidden in a military data-center.
#Mindful #Nature #Magic #Narrative #ML #Culture #Comment #Ideas
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"The chemical induction of synaesthesia" - by David Luke, Laura Lungu, Ross Friday, Devin Terhune.
#Comment: Would like to see an extension of this that includes BCI/EM induced synaesthesia and acupuncture/mediation induced synaesthesia methods.
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Billions around the world now clearly see that this system is broken beyond repair - the corruption, the abuse & extreme inequality, the rotten infrastructure, the gerontocratic kakistocracy and religious belief that digital jesus will magically fix it all. Change is inevitable.
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Fools get upset about media copyright, despite living in a world where the IP for their own DNA and biology has been owned by shadowy groups with out consent for decades.
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The land of profound tranquility
Art by Pablo Amaringo Under a high dose of psilocybin, one may traverse the realm of non-linear memories and navigate the chaotic temples of ancient deities. Occasionally, if fortune allows, one might slip through the veil into a realm of absolute stillness, transcending spacetime. It is a long and difficult journey. What few will tell you: Combining acupuncture and meditation offers a more consistent and accessible path to this profound tranquility.
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Believing that the small elite group controlling the global tech infrastructure—undersea fiber cables, satellites, electricity, etc.—would permit any entity/system to thrive on their network that threatens their monopoly is a widely held yet profoundly misguided fairy tale.
#Comment #Cryptocracy #Internet #Military #Technology #Crypto
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Fetishizing human made "artificial intelligence" while utterly ignoring the presence, needs and rights of basically all non-human "real intelligence" lifeforms on earth (except to slaughter them for pleasure) is a sign of a deeply stupid species and borders on necrophilia.
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Editorial: Electromagnetic field theories of consciousness: opportunities and obstacles
Fun to see EM field theories of consciousness become more popular after decades of ridicule. Ultimately though just yet another entertaining way how the snake bite its own tail in this fundamentally inexplicable reality.
