IV. The Cosmic Perspective: Rarity, Ubiquity, and the Search for Others The discussion of human optimality and hypothetical alien forms is incomplete without considering the broader cosmic context. The probability of intelligent life existing elsewhere in the universe directly shapes…
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The Human Blueprint – Part Two: Beyond Human: Exploring Hypothetical Intelligent Life Forms
III. Beyond Human: Exploring Hypothetical Intelligent Life Forms The question of whether the human form is the optimal blueprint for intelligent life capable of advanced technological civilisation naturally leads to a consideration of alternative biological and even non-biological architectures. Scientific…
How much of all ‘human essential’ activities could an advanced AI take over to bring the markets close to 100% AI run?
My third question was – “Accepting the ‘black swan’ exception how much of these other ‘human essential’ activities could an advanced Artificial Intelligence take over to bring the markets to as close to 100% AI run as possible?” This was…
How much of the financial market activity is carried out automatically by AI?
I’m again having conversations with Google Gemini as part of my research into the new story I’m working on. Here’s the first question: How much of the financial market activity is carried out automatically by AI? Gemini’s response:A very significant…
The Human Blueprint- Part One: An Optimal Form, or One Among Many?
The Human Blueprint: An Optimal Form, or One Among Many?
Gloria: The Relationship Between Perfect Symmetry, Beauty, and its Bearing on Sexual Attraction
I’m currently researching for a novel where our protagonist comes across someone with unsettling symmetrical beauty, and I wondered what the reaction would be. I asked google Gemini to explore this for me, and got this response.The relationship between perfect…
Are we talking Cyborgs here?
What’s been happening in the wild world of connecting brains to computers since that 2005 Google patent? Well there’s still work going on in developing tech helping people do things just by thinking about it. The big buzzword is Brain-Computer…
in 2005 Google Patented a System for Producing Artificial Telepathy
Google and the “Artificial Telepathy” Patent: What Happened? Back in 2005, a patent surfaced that captured the public imagination, hinting at a future straight out of science fiction: “Artificial Telepathy.” Filed by inventors Lynne Moody and Miles Phillips Moody and…
The “Quantum Key”
I spent some time researching different ways in which Alister could get away with having unfettered access to Kyros, the Global AI System running most countries. I finally settle for The “Quantum Key.” model.The key is a physical quantum state…
Post-Apocalypse Society.
The Apocalyse happened. But the book of Revelations got it all wrong, and for all the wrong reasons. Lucifer and his younger brother, Satan were victorious. Now it’s all about perfection and The Flow.How did that happen? Careful planning and…
THE FLOW: Department of Public Affairs – Guidance 304
Perfect Flow is proof those who produce it strive for perfection themselves.Constant Selfless Commitment to the Flow is True Freedom and Liberation from Ego.Be Selfless. Be Perfect. Be The Flow. General Guidance notification There has been much concern that the…
The Great Dissolution
I was researching what other religions had an equivalent of The Christian Apocalypse and came across Pralaya. Pralaya, a Sanskrit term, translates to “dissolution,” and refers to the cyclical destruction of the universe at the end of a period called…