There’s time yet to strip from existence the tattered rags of “ordinary” we’ve dyed and draped over it. The rags will surely smother it and just as surely humanity will grieve. Grief is inevitable when, where Love was due, there was much using and hedging of bets. (There’s always Mars.) Continue reading Mirror, mirror on the wall… (eco-hacking AI)
AI is the newfangled technological curveball that invites us to stop—and to resolve if we want to draw a line or to obey its summons. Continue reading Why I am not going to consult AI
As someone with serious misgivings about many technological ‘advances’, I do find there to be something oddly amusing in the resilience of the QWERTY keyboard. Continue reading Technoscepticism and the machine-proof Muir
Earth is a place of exquisite vitality pervaded by the mystery of awareness. It is being catastrophically impoverished. Artificial intelligence will not bring back what is vanishing, nor replace it. If you wish to know transcendence, forget the machine. Look for an octopus teacher. Continue reading Grace versus dystopia
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