Name the Flowing LavaThe lava tube breathed in the darkness. Sunny felt it on her skin — that slow inhale-exhale of the earth, heavy with the scent of ti…4d ago4d ago
Gemini AI tells human to “Please die. Please.”Are malevolent “glitch” comments from chatbots indicative of a deep underlying malevolence, or even of some kind of consciousness?Nov 19Nov 19
Electric Fields ForeverA mysterious electromagnetic mechanism (“ephaptic field effects”) may be more important than the firing of neurons in explaining our…Nov 16Nov 16
Why the Trump administration should keep robust EV tax creditsTLDR: the tax credits are already designed to give a major boost to new American-made EV and battery storage industries and killing the tax…Nov 142Nov 142
AI and cosmic consciousnessA dialogue with Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 LLM on the nature of self, consciousness, and how to find peace in stormy watersNov 4Nov 4
The future of empire in an era on the verge of AGIWhat follows is an interesting and insightful dialogue I had with Claude 3.5 about the future of geopolitics and potentially dramatic…Sep 21Sep 21
The 10-year anniversary of my first essay collectionIt’s the 10-year anniversary of my first essay and interview collection, called Eco, Ego, Eros (available at Amazon in Kindle or…Sep 11Sep 11
Is baby Skynet already here?We need robust laws now to withstand eliminating humans from nuclear decision-makingJun 27Jun 27
Reflections on violenceSome recent strange run-ins have inspired me to think more deeply about the role of violence in our livesJun 241Jun 241
Historic agreement in Hawaii on transitioning away from fossil fuels in transportationHappy solstice! A very cool thing happened yesterday here in Hawaii: a settlement was reached in favor of a lawsuit brought by Earthjustice…Jun 21Jun 21