“What will kill us first, artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?’–Habib Haddad
I’m not sure if it matters whether we give a damn. Time will tell. No further comment necessary.
A Blog of the Ridiculous and Sublime, by Mark Sackler
“What will kill us first, artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?’–Habib Haddad
I’m not sure if it matters whether we give a damn. Time will tell. No further comment necessary.
“We view ourselves as separate from the cosmos, and separate from each other. The truth is, we are a continuum. One line of code in an enormously complex computational system.”–Gray Scott
Let’s just hope that code isn’t corrupt. I have my doubts.
“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out the window.”–Steve Wozniak
We’ve all been there. You’re just about done with the spread sheet, or you just found the eatery you want on Yelp, or you are on the verge of a record score on some dumb game. And then you click or tap or swipe and the program or app shuts down. Poof. It’s gone. Dear Mr. Hawking, please tell us which black hole it fell into and how do we get it back? Or do we do the Wozniakian thing and throw the device out the window? Oh look, I just created another neologism. Wozniakian. Isn’t this fun?
Allow me for one second to depart from my usual flippancy and be serious for a minute. The Imitation Game, starring Benecdict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, is one of the most important movies I have ever seen. If you are a regular reader of this blog, there is a good chance you know who Turing is, or at least have heard the name. Whether you do, or do not, you should see this movie. It will leave you with an indelible impression of Turing’s profound contribution to the world we live in today. I know it did me.
I'm not the most interesting man in the world, but I might have the most cluttered mind.