You cannot avoid wrestling with ethics and morality, no matter the system. “The Prime Directive itself is, arguably, the most pseudo-theological law ever conceived in science fiction. A secular commandment forged in Kantian steel, backed by liberal guilt and anthropological… Read More »The Rapture of the Nerds: On the Delirium of Transhumanism
King is dead. Long live the king. “Both Stephen and Matilda had children, and this was another important factor in the struggle for the crown. Had either of them been childless it would have weakened their position considerably, because even… Read More »The Succession Crisis That Tore England Apart
Yes it does. “Software combines speed, money, complexity, abstraction, and almost unlimited freedom to change your mind. On their own, those things are perfectly manageable, but put them together and you start to get some really bizarre side-effects.” https://graybeard.ing/software-drives-people-insane
S AI teraz riešime všetko, aj to čo netreba.
Many IT guys are like this. And their companies follow. “Believing whatever someone in a position of authority says even in the face of clear evidence that it is false.Allowing someone in a position of authority to break the rules… Read More »Authoritarianism of Code
“Because the people at these labs made fortunes betting on ideas that once looked insane, the world now takes nearly everything they say on faith. That, I think, is a mistake. It is not a given that AI will solve… Read More »Intelligence is not the main bottleneck
And more like this. “To reduce the dimensionality of the problem, administrators would often track the total tonnage of a few broad classes of steel tubes in the models, rather than using a more detailed classification scheme. While their models… Read More »Optimizing things in the USSR
Understanding people helps you understand software and organizations.
Just make pople flourish now.
It is not matter of if, but matter of how. “The failures change constantly because of changing technology, work organization, and efforts to eradicate failures.” https://how.complexsystems.fail/