Speaking of Immovable Objects and Unstoppable Forces, I just finished fully reading Bin Laden's Letter to America for the first time. An interesting, if disquieting read - largely a mirror image of Biblical rantings ( Read more... )

The preview hook to this podcast is heavy!

If we create general superintelligences, I don't see a good outcome longterm for humanity ( Read more... )

Imagine AI advanced enough to calculate the butterfly effect - blow a minor breeze on one side of the planet to cause a tornado at a specific location on the other side.

[I always wonder if I should post ideas like this. If no one has ever thought of, or more to the point, posted it, am I giving malevolent people/AI ideas?]