Biden endorsed Kamala
https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1815087772216303933

We live in Interesting Times.
Oh f....

This is the AI art I made for our dinner party last night.

Somehow I got convinced to go to a Harry Potter themed pop-up bar.

A simple pleasure:
Sitting in my office
Drinking coffee
Listening to ambient music
A warm breeze comes through the window with a scent that I can only describe as "summer".

Always find the presence of mind to live in every moment.

Reading Kurzweil's new book The Singularity is Nearer.

New word to use: "Qualia"

These are the inner "thoughts" that you have that are evidence of your consciousness. Unfortunately, there is no way to detect them using an external sensor. We can detect the electrical pulses and oxygen and bloodflow, etc. But we cannot confirm that they create specific thoughts.

That's your consciousness.
And, nobody can prove that you have it.

So, we may never prove that AI has become conscious.

Software development is akin to being a rabbit.

You go down a hole because you have to.

Then you find another hole in the hole.

Then another in that one.

Eventually you wonder WTF am I doing this for and how many other holes do I need to crawl out of to start making progress again.

Then I drink a martini and watch Youtube videos to calm down.

Then this happened:

If someone tells you that software developers are soon going to be obsolete, ask them "Are you currently developing using AI to enhance your coding and configuring procedures?"

If the answer is "no", tell them they don't know anything about the subject.

AI-enhanced software engineers are going to accelerate the building of all of the capabilities that were hindered by human-only skills.

And it's only Wednesday....
Now that Biden has COVID, what other catastrophes await us before the weekend?
Alien landing?
Supervolcano?
Running out of vodka?

What?

And, capitalism can be a brutal sport.
Making hard and cruel decisions to make a business more successful comes easier to the amoral person. Running the business still requires intelligence.

If you encounter an intelligent person:
Do not assume that they are also a moral person.

Brutality and intelligence are not always mutually exclusive. Some of the most brutal people in history have been quite insightful and eloquent.

Those who choose not to consider the second and third-order consequences of their action before they act will always find a way to justify their action after they see the consequences unfold.

#TrumpAssasinationAttempt
#coolitdown

What if our brain's architecture limits our ability to comprehend and consider our moral bearing?

What if many of us don't have a sufficient brain architecture?

Can
We
Judge
?

BTW, intelligence can be demonstrated without the complexity required for a sound moral position. I.e. Intelligent people can be immoral.

I'm reading Ray Kurzweils' book The Singularity is Nearer.

He's stated that our brains have 6 levels of processing that, incrementally, build our ability to think abstractly.

Idea: Maybe not everyone has the last layer fully enabled. Maybe that's why some people can't comprehend certain topics nor have empathy.

They just never developed the wiring.

It's phyiological. Maybe not moral.

I don't think there has been a person with as much ability to have such a large impact on the culture and future of a large country than Donald Trump this week.

He can announce a call to arms and initiate a civil war.

He can make a call for unity and calm and return us to moderation.

He can make either decision, and he has a history of doing the former more than the latter.

#trump
#trumpshooting

Hey @AskTheDevil,
Is it a good thing?
Or a bad thing?
That Trump survived?

And

Is the shooter
A good person?
Or
A bad person?

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins." — Søren Kierkegaard

Be careful what you wish for.
#trump
#trumpshooting

On balance, is the human species Good or Bad?