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Davis, The Greeks of antiquity in spite of their advancements in philosophy and government were as savage as other civilizations. Brutal wars, torture slavery…

I am going with the hypothetical that rationalism might have been the trajectory instead of mysticism, supernatural, religious and tribal…etc. So instead of waiting for the…[Read more]

Ya know what is paradoxical?

I am an open and unapologetic anti-theist. Yet we have religion to credit for our civilization being here in this day of our lord 2021. Had empiricism born by the Greeks of antiquity become the dominant approach to understanding the natural world where would we be?

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Hard to imagine a different outcome unless…[Read more]

Coasted and coasted
Until we toasted and roasted
Things and lives
On the dot
That hosted
All we treasured and boasted

I think i read something about AI and simulations of the universe being beyond the scope of the programming. So maybe that is an example of learning, adapting and expanding initial capabilities with implications far greater than early indications.

Robert, it is definitely not an outcome that is programmed or intended. When AI attains a certain level of complexity it just happens. The genesis of biological life is not fully understood. Presumably the proper constituents were aligned with proper conditions and abracadabra life and replication of life. Maybe that is a model for inorganic. Hell…[Read more]

Robert you are apparently knowledgeable about the precursors or current state of technology. Perhaps your skepticism of the sci fi genesis of autonomous mind-blowing AI is well founded.

But is it possible that the burst is an intrinsic property of the universe? Could it be like a match head that strikes a hard surface? Yeah i dont really know…[Read more]

Burst is my characterization because it is expected to be sudden. No doubt it is nebulous and ambiguous but if it is in the direction we are heading it means that we are powerless to stop it and it is capable of doing as it pleases with or without us.

Robert one of the experts opined that the intelligence burst will exceed the combined intelligence of all humans.

Robert’s words: We will become ‘mindless’ as we let machines think for us.

My immediate reaction is how can we be any less mindless than we are? But AI is already exploiting a preexisting state. It will only get worse.

I suppose we need to navigate increasing technological complexity. Understanding the mechanics and ramifications is less and…[Read more]

When i was practicing law i remember an insurance agent who tried to sell me disability insurance. I told him that i would never meet the definition as an attorney-that a brain in a jar can practice law without the suit and tie.

As to predictions of how super intelligence will be disposed to humans they differ. Most dire predictions seem to…[Read more]

I don’t pretend to understand the projected evolution of AI-hell even the internet is a mystery to me. However i know what i have read and heard from purported experts. AI will suddenly be autonomous in its true genesis which is the emergence of super intelligence. If that is true we have no prospect of stopping it whatever its intentions are. So…[Read more]

Presume thyself not humans to scan. The proper study of AI is AI and not man.

Kristina there is increasing prevalence of psychiatrists prescribing ketamine. If memory serves you are in Canada. Here is a link.

Canada Leads in Ketamine-Assisted Therapy for Severe Depression

Now i see where the train went off of the tracks, Kristina.

I meant ketamine for treatment resistant depression. In case you are not aware here is one link https://www.massgeneral.org/wellness/news/ketamine-and-treatment-resistant-depression
I have had a few bouts of depression and perhaps flirted with anxiety and for those who have never…[Read more]

Kristina, you are more an enabler? And that has a bearing on how or whether ketamine is efficacious? I plead ignorance. Please enlighten.

Kristina, ketamine, tried it or considered it?

Handicapping horse races may be the missing stimulation. It is endlessly engrossing and requires analysis that is a nearly complete diversion for me.

Ode to sleep.
Need to sleep
Am in deep
Psyche to reap
Sustenance of sleep.

From age 6 to 17 i read every night before bed-a soporific ritual. Never had any insomnia to that point.

Apart from reading i recommend either marijuana edibles or a tincture for sleep. I dream like a mad monkey. Unlike ambien i wake without feeling strange…maybe just slightly high. For an occasional sleep aid it is dope.