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'Maya' and the monoculture
I recently reviewed a novel titled Maya: Seed Takes Root, by Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon, for The Hindu. Excerpt: As with novels, the first symptom is the writing, which is conspicuously aphoristic. Lines like “If dreams inspire hope, nightmares inform vigilance” are peppered throughout the text. Of Maya’s
Mulling AI and maths
Some AI + mathematics things I read recently and am mulling below. I've been struggling to pull these and various threads on the topic into a cogent whole, even if only for myself, because the developments have been coming fast and thick, with no indications they will slow in
'You don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about'
Recently had a chance to rewatch Good Will Hunting, and thought Robin Williams's heart-rending speech to Matt Damon on the bench in the park is something we could also recount to AI, and to ourselves so that we remember what AI really is, and have it be
AI and the risk of catastrophe
Isn't it wild that we've reached a situation where people who are most ❊pro❊ AI say “this technology we love and build has like a 10% chance of killing us all” and the people who are ❊anti❊ AI reply “there's no way this figure