Mastodawn

elusive t Mar 19, 2023

Mind-blowing and very entertaining episode of London Futurists podcast - “Hacking the simulation, with Roman Yampolskiy”

https://londonfuturists.buzzsprout.com/2028982/11699239

Are we in a simulation? Can we break out of it? What is the motivation of those running it? Is it possible that every intelligent life eventually reaches a point when they create AGI that subsequently wipes them out? Is that why we can’t find anyone else in the universe? Are we about to create AGI ourselves..

#futurists #simulation #AI #AGI #life

Hacking the simulation, with Roman Yampolskiy - London Futurists

In the 4th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato theorised that humans do not perceive the world as it really is. All we can see is shadows on a wall.In 2003, the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom published a paper which formalised an argument to...

Buzzsprout

elusive t Mar 4, 2023

More and more places on a typical high street in London are card-only. Less and less where you can pay in cash. Is this even legal?

#London #cash #cashless #money

elusive t Jan 28, 2023

Really enjoying BBC Radio 3 adaptation of The Hound of Baskervilles.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h56s

Available for 23 days.

#bbc #bbcradio3 #radio3 #sherlock #sherlockholmes #conandoyle #drama #holmes

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Hound of the Baskervilles

A starry cast including Mark Gatiss, Sanjeev Bhaskar and the BBC SO on the detective trail

BBC

elusive t Jan 26, 2023

The End of Writing - iA on AI

And interesting article that starts with:
“ You’ve heard the news. Microsoft bought 49% of OpenAI. Soon, ChatGPT will become the centerpiece of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. The majority of business matters are written in MS Office. AI will make its heart beat.”

And then goes unexpectedly deep…

https://ia.net/topics/the-end-of-writing-ia-on-ai

#ai #ia #openai #microsoft #writing #meaning #language