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Worldbuilding with Spatial Intelligence

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Published: August 10, 2026 11:00

The next stage in the development of AIs is to give them spatial intelligence. Our current, smartest AIs are masters of words. They have been trained on zillions of words. Their education consists of the knowledge we have written down … Continue reading →

88 Prompts for Long Term Thinking

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Published: August 3, 2026 11:00

In January 2019 I wrote out scores of prompts for thinking long term that I felt should inform the foundation I was later co-chair of, The Long Now Foundation. These axioms were only shared internally, but I feel they would … Continue reading →

Weekly Links, 07/31/2026

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Published: July 31, 2026 22:07

Read this fantastic profile of Hans Morevac, and his correct prediction 40 years of AGI in 2028. Why he was both right and wrong. He Was Right About AI. What About the Fate of Mankind? Tokenomics are taking hold. The … Continue reading →

Protopia

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Published: July 27, 2026 11:00

[For over a decade I have been talking about protopia, but I have never written out my description of it. What follows is my best case for this idea, which I first coined in 2011.] Protopia is a plausible, desirable … Continue reading →

Latent Space as a New Medium

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Published: July 13, 2026 11:00

Lately I’ve been asking myself: what might artificial intelligence be good for besides answering questions and writing code?  My answer is the latent spaces within AIs themselves will become a new medium for creativity.  I will first explain what I ……

Quiet, My Exoself

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Published: June 29, 2026 11:00

Someday real soon, most of us — starting with young adults — will carry an always-on AI. This agent will help us navigate our journeys, answer our questions, tutor and teach us new skills, remember people we have met before, … Continue reading →

Why Are LLMs Smart?

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Published: June 22, 2026 11:00

A popular way to explain how current LLMs work is to say that “all” they do is predict the next most likely word in a sentence. From one perspective, this is correct. Trained on all human language, the LLMs distilled … Continue reading →

Conscious or Not

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Published: June 15, 2026 11:00

For as long as I remember, people have been arguing about whether machines could be intelligent or not. Many science fiction authors and fans — like myself — felt it was inevitable, only a matter of time. However there were … Continue reading →

Weekly Links, 06/05/2026

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Published: June 5, 2026 18:15

“The new American dream, for some of its citizens, is to no longer live there.” Good article with lots of news and stats. Record rate of Americans leaving US for various reasons. Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers

AIs Want to Be Honest

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Published: June 1, 2026 11:00

Every system exhibits biases, and tendencies toward some states. Water flowing through a pipe, the vibrations of a machine, the relationships in a meadow, your lymph nodes, are all systems. Over time, all things being equal, a system tends to … Continue…

Your Most Improbable Life

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Published: May 18, 2026 11:00

Your life’s goal should be to become the most improbable person you can be. Your path, your character, your life, should be the most unlikely, the most unexpected, the least predictable version you can make. Improbable lives have fewer competitors, ……