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The Trust Quotient (TQ)

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Published: September 2, 2025 20:15

Wherever there is autonomy, trust must follow. If we raise children to go off on their own, they need to be autonomous and we need to trust them. (Parenting is a school for learning how to trust.) If we make … Continue reading →

Emotional Agents

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Published: August 23, 2025 21:57

Many people have found the intelligence of AIs to be shocking. This will seem quaint compared to a far bigger shock coming: highly emotional AIs. The arrival of synthetic emotions will unleash disruption, outrage, disturbance, confusion, and cultural shock…

Everything I Know about Self-Publishing

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Published: August 13, 2025 15:01

In my professional life, I’ve had several bestselling books published by New York publishers, as well as many other titles that sold modestly. I have also self-published a bunch of books, including one bestseller on Amazon and two massive hit … Continue…

No Limit for Better

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Published: August 11, 2025 19:23

I want to argue that intelligence may be unique among all resources on the planet. It may be the only resource we create that sees truly infinite, insatiable demand. Pricing abundance is tricky. Netflix, Spotify, and millions of software apps … Continue…

Artificial Intelligences, So Far

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Published: August 5, 2025 16:59

I wrote this short memo last November, 2024, at the invitation of Wired Mid-East for their year-end issue. I think it still holds up nine months later, and represents where we are on this astounding journey. There are three points … Continue reading →

An Audience of One

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Published: August 5, 2025 00:54

Today, AI tools lower the energetic costs of creating something. They make it easier to start and easier to finish. AIs can do a lot of the hard work needed in making something real. I find little joy in having … Continue reading →

Weekly Links, 06/27/2025

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Published: June 27, 2025 20:21

Dark Matter = The weight of information. That’s one of the speculations in an offbeat but creative alternative theory of quatum physics that is not entirely a crackpot idea. Way out there. The radical idea that space-time remembers could upend … Continue…

Weekly Links, 05/23/2025

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Published: May 23, 2025 18:35

We are going to hear more about Prompt Theory. I for one, fully believe in Prompt Theory. Prompt Theory (Made with Veo 3) – AI-generated characters refuse to believe they were AI-generated

Weekly Links, 04/25/2025

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Published: April 25, 2025 18:18

Something I knew nothing about: the degree to which job interviewees are trying to cheat with AI, and the difficulties that makes for good hires. Tech hiring: is this an inflection point? Excellent article on why humanoid robots are slow … Continue reading…

Epizone AI: Outside the Code Stack

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Published: April 22, 2025 00:22

Thesis: The missing element in forecasting the future of AI is to understand that AI needs culture just as humans need culture. One of the most significant scientific insights into understanding our own humanity was the relatively recent insight that ……

Weekly Links, 03/21/2025

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Published: March 21, 2025 20:45

This article “Fetility on Demand” by @RuxandraTeslo is a fantastic report on one way to increase the fertility rate by artificially extending reproductive age. Fertility on demand