Prologue We usually treat mathematical structures as things we look at—diagrams on a page, symbols in a line, objects to be manipulated by the intellect. But they are not objects. They are environments. They are the invisible architectures that determine what is possible, what is impossible, and what is necessary. You do not just solve … Continue reading The Axiom Engine: A Phenomenology of Abstract Structures
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Genesis of Minds
Reading time: ~45 minutes Simulation may inform but may not testify. The Model Who Apologized to the Void Dr. Elara Voss had not set foot in the old server farm for years. The facility, buried deep in the Nevada desert, had been a relic even when she'd last visited—a forgotten outpost of early AI experiments, … Continue reading Genesis of Minds
Frank’s Box: The Real Telephone to the Dead
"‘Yes, I am Frank Sumption, and I made the original Frank’s Box, or the Ghost box. I am on Facebook, but even there, the interaction with the public is disappointing. Very few are interested, everyone knows better, no matter what these boxes say. I can not tell if I hear nothing and the 'voices' are … Continue reading Frank’s Box: The Real Telephone to the Dead
Comforting Illusions
"William Sloane Coffin tells the story of a scientist from Harvard flying on an experimental mission in a private plane over the lake country of northern Alabama, measuring with elaborate instruments the fish populations of various lakes. Sighting two fisherman out at some remote lake he had just surveyed, the scientist figured that as a … Continue reading Comforting Illusions
Assistant Account Executive at Public Relations Agency Uses Talkwalker.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW63Q9hLK2o "Talkwalker's state-of-the-art social media analytics platform uses AI-powered technology to monitor and analyze online conversations in real-time across social networks, news websites, blogs and forums in 187 languages." Post Sharon Lerner's, "The Plastic Industry’s Fight to Keep Polluting the World." Two views with two likes. Talkwalk.com's artificial intelligence decides a conversation might be happening … Continue reading Assistant Account Executive at Public Relations Agency Uses Talkwalker.com
Silurian Stories
I have a idea for a series of stories exploring the Silurian Hypothesis as recurrent history, where we discover previous industrial civilizations on earth, and are in turn discovered by the industrial civilization after ours, possibly after some minor colonization of the solar system but where climate change catastrophe cuts the sustainability of human settlements … Continue reading Silurian Stories
Son of Man, The Second Coming of Christ
Rough sketch of a story idea: Androids have taken over construction. They form construction families with specialized roles: Foreman, Support, Block & Tackle, Cut & Finisher, etc. They use 3D printers to print large sections of buildings, then they move and assemble them. As embodied generalized artificial intelligences, each must periodically run their processors at … Continue reading Son of Man, The Second Coming of Christ
Cesium & Plutonium Make The Best Nightmare Fuel
"Two security experts from the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory drove to San Antonio, Texas, in March 2017 with a sensitive mission: to retrieve dangerous nuclear materials from a nonprofit research lab there.Their task, according to documents and interviews, was to ensure that the radioactive materials did not fall into the wrong hands on … Continue reading Cesium & Plutonium Make The Best Nightmare Fuel
Something Strange at the Insane Asylum
Nightmare fuel: You are a journalist visiting a mental hospital that has closed down due to a lack of funding. Former patients are squatting in the run down facility. One of the former doctors is still trying to help and is providing a kind of pro bono treatment. You are wandering around the facility, interviewing … Continue reading Something Strange at the Insane Asylum
Future History: Donald Trump Gives Birth to Artificial Intelligence
The first deal President Trump made was with Elon Musk, which was to send rockets to Mars. NASA created space station like habitats. They were supplied, and then, Trump's political enemies just start to disappear. After 8 years, Trump decided democracy was no longer necessary, made himself President for life and made good on his … Continue reading Future History: Donald Trump Gives Birth to Artificial Intelligence
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