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Making the Inevitable Obvious
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A Billion Dollars
https://kk.org/thetechnium/a-billion-dollars/
Published: August 24, 2026 11:00
What would you do with a billion dollars? I am occasionally asked by young people for my life advice. Could I counsel them as they decide what to do? They are thinking of going into something new. Or thinking about β¦ Continue reading β
Without a theory of intelligence
https://kk.org/thetechnium/without-a-theory-of-intelligence/
Published: August 17, 2026 11:00
The history of science β and of progress β is a series of benefits that are direct results of new tools. A large part of our current longevity is due to the invention of the microscope. This new way of β¦ Continue reading β
Worldbuilding with Spatial Intelligence
https://kk.org/thetechnium/worldbuilding-with-spatial-intelligence/
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 β¦ Continue reading β
88 Prompts for Long Term Thinking
https://kk.org/thetechnium/88-prompts-for-long-term-thinking/
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 β¦ Continue reading β
Weekly Links, 07/31/2026
https://kk.org/thetechnium/weekly-links-07-31-2026/
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 β¦ Continue reading β
Protopia
https://kk.org/thetechnium/protopia-2/
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 β¦ Continue reading β
Latent Space as a New Medium
https://kk.org/thetechnium/latent-space-as-a-new-medium/
Published: July 13, 2026 11:00
Lately Iβve been asking myself: what might artificial intelligence be good for besides answering questions and writing code?Β My answer is the latent spaces within AIs themselves will become a new medium for creativity.Β I will first explain what I β¦β¦
Quiet, My Exoself
https://kk.org/thetechnium/quiet-my-exoself/
Published: June 29, 2026 11:00
Someday real soon, most of us β starting with young adults β 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, β¦ Continue reading β
Why Are LLMs Smart?
https://kk.org/thetechnium/why-are-llms-smart/
Published: June 22, 2026 11:00
A popular way to explain how current LLMs work is to say that βallβ 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 β¦ Continue reading β
Conscious or NotοΏΌ
https://kk.org/thetechnium/conscious-or-not%ef%bf%bc/
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 β like myself β felt it was inevitable, only a matter of time. However there were β¦ Continue reading β