cbud3d ago

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: How Artificial Superintelligence Might Wipe Out Our Entire Species - The Great Simplification

#AI #spandrels #globalchange
https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/203-nate-soares

#ai #science #globalchange

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: How Artificial Superintelligence Might Wipe Out Our Entire Species - The Great Simplification

Technological development has always been a double-edged sword for humanity: the printing press increased the spread of misinformation, cars disrupted the fabric of our cities, and social media has made us increasingly polarized and lonely. But it has not been since the invention of the nuclear bomb that technology has presented such a severe existential risk to humanity – until now, with the possibility of Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) on the horizon. Were ASI to come to fruition, it would be so powerful that it would outcompete human beings in everything – from scientific discovery to strategic warfare. What might happen to our species if we reach this point of singularity, and how can we steer away from the worst outcomes?

The Great Simplification
This Is My GlasgowMar 2, 2023

Architectural term of the day: Spandrel.

A spandrel is triangular a space created where two arches meet. This leaves a blank space which is just crying out to be decorated, and spandrels are often filled with the most ornate features to be found on a building. This example is from the Ca d'Oro building in Glasgow.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturalterms #buildings #spandrels #spandrel #cadoro

Mark DingemanseNov 10, 2022

The fediverse reawakened my appetite for blogging, so here's a new post on... actually I don't know how to categorize it https://ideophone.org/talk-tradition-templates-a-meta-note-on-building-scientific-arguments/

It originated as notes from reading Lucy Suchman's Human-Machine Configurations #hci #sts and includes some half-baked thoughts on #academicwriting, #rhetorics and #spandrels

Talk, tradition, templates: a meta-note on building scientific arguments | The Ideophone

Happy SingerNov 6, 2022

Hi, lots of new people from #Twitter! Here are some #Mastodon tips 💕!

- Remember your #garrison rep is a volunteer. Be supportive.
- Lots of people in this community suffer from #gollips. Always add #spandrels to your posts (we call them #sploofs here)
- Calling them #hashtags is a Twitter thing. Here they are called #pounders.
- A big deal's made about the #fediverse, but it doesn't actually exist.
- Boosting #spafflords is frowned upon. #Etiquette is known as being #mastigood here.