What follows is a discussion between me and ChatGPT, using GPT4.0, on the use of AI tools, nuclear weapons, the balance of power, and the future of terrorism I haven’t seen any discussion of the potential role of AI tools in the context of the horrific violence in the Middle…

For decades the International Energy Agency was laughably wrong in its projections for solar power and other renewable energy sources in its annual forecasts. It consistently under-estimated the role of these green energy sources, not just by a little bit but by orders of magnitude. A few years ago that…

I’ve been writing about the “solar singularity” for a decade now and my projections for dramatic growth in solar are coming true, in spades

What follows is a remarkable example of what I consider real scientific exploration assisted by Anthropic’s Claude 2 AI. This interface allows uploading documents for feedback in the conversation. …

What follows is a profoundly insightful conversation with Claude 2, Anthropic’s latest and greatest LLM AI. This conversation follows topics I’ve been exploring both intellectually, spiritually and psychedelically for a few decades now. My books, available on Amazon, the 2014 Eco, Ego, Eros, and 2017 Mind, World, God, delve deep…

Prof. Roman Yampolskiy and I argue in this Nautilus essay that the “control problem” of AI is fundamentally unsolvable [This essay first appeared at Nautilus here] If all goes well, human history is just beginning. … if we could learn to reach out further into the cosmos, we could have…

This is my essay on AI safety issues from Scientific American from May 2023 Artificial intelligence algorithms will soon reach a point of rapid self-improvement that threatens our ability to control them and presents a great potential risk to humanity. “The idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than…

Talk behind me, I can relax and enjoy Italy a little I’ve been at the Science of Consciousness conference in Taormina, Italy, all week. I had the honor of being a plenary speaker this year and felt pretty nervous going into it, particularly because it was on Friday, toward the…

A plan for human survival in the age of AI #noAIwasused We are at the beginning of the era of artificial general intelligence (AGI) but this beginning phase may be very short if AI models developed now or in the near future are capable of improving themselves. …