The most complete set of AI ethics developed to date, the twenty-three Asilomar Principles, was created by the Future of Life Institute in early 2017 at their Asilomar Conference. Ninety percent or more of the attendees at the conference had to Read More …
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We’re Drowning in Data But Starved for Wisdom: UNPLUG NOW!
Our addiction to smart phone and social media has led to unintended negative consequences. We are in danger of becoming vapid carbon-based consumption machines. We are already extremely vulnerable to foreign power social manipulation, to propagandists and hostile mind-meddlers of Read More …
Mr. Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield: a baffling lesson from art history
Mr. Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield is the name of a mural painted at the Post Office in Springfield, Massachusetts. This mural was painted by Umberto Romano in 1933. Note the date. Time is important to this article. Umberto Read More …
Examining the 12 Predictions Made in 2015 in “Information → Knowledge → Wisdom”
A little over two years ago, on April 5, 2015, my seminal world-view essay was published: Information → Knowledge → Wisdom: Progression of Society in the Age of Computers. I wrote about the rapid changes in society caused by personal Read More …
What Chaos Theory Tell Us About e-Discovery and the Projected ‘Information → Knowledge → Wisdom’ Transition
This article assumes a general, non-technical familiarity with the scientific theory of Chaos. See James Gleick’s book, Chaos: making a new science (1987). This field of study is not usually discussed in the context of “The Law,” although there is a small body of Read More …