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Chapter 5: A Step Forward for Abstractions

The system goes online on August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate…

4d ago

4d ago

Part 2: Abstractions; Chapter 4: Hofstadter, Lakoff, and Language

DATHON: Rai and Jiri at Lungha. Rai of Lowani. Lowani under two moons. Jiri of Ubaya. Ubaya of crossed roads at Lungha. Lungha, her sky…

Nov 4

Part 2: Abstractions; Chapter 4: Hofstadter, Lakoff, and Language

Nov 4

Chapter 3: Point to Line to Curve

Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about your mother.

Oct 30

Chapter 3: Point to Line to Curve

Oct 30

Chapter 2: Consciousness and Moral Rights

In the ninth episode of season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lt. Commander Data is on trial — not for a crime, but to determine…

Oct 30

Oct 30

Part 1: So What?; Chapter 1: Searching for Questions, Not Answers

In Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a supercomputer of extraordinary power was built to calculate “the Answer to the…

Oct 25

Part 1: So What?; Chapter 1: Searching for Questions, Not Answers

Oct 25

Introduction: The Arc of Digital Moral Welfare

An attempt at a tractable lens for understanding AI and consciousness

Oct 16

A humanoid robot standing in a warehouse, looking into a standing mirror; in the reflection is a human male wearing a gray tee shirt and blue jeans. There is a “star” icon in the lower right corner of the image indicating it was made with Google’s Gemini generative AI tool.

Oct 16

For Harvey (and Jimmy, and Dick)

Some bright lights went out in 2024 — two of the brightest in its waning days: Jimmy Carter, whom you know, and Harvey Anderson, whom you…

Dec 31, 2024

For Harvey (and Jimmy, and Dick)

Dec 31, 2024

Impact metrics and the metaphysics of Meta

Goodbye Facebook, hello Meta! The tech titan foremost in recent vitriolic media coverage is shifting its focus away from yesterday’s Big…

Nov 9, 2021

Three people wearing virtual reality headsets surrounded by vaguely futuristic drawings

Nov 9, 2021

The Great War blog series

I’ve been on a great writing kick over at R Street, most recently finishing up a 6-part blog series on what I call, with intentional…

Mar 20, 2021

The Great War blog series

Mar 20, 2021

The tortoise and the hare

Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 (or December 37th, 2020 if you prefer) will go down in history. Not that I think anyone reading this needs a…

Jan 9, 2021

Jan 9, 2021

Chris Riley

Chris Riley

Disruptive internet policy engineer, beverage connoisseur, gregarious introvert, contrarian order Muppet, and proud husband & father. Not in order.

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