Sense Check
Sense Checks slow a claim down before it becomes accepted wisdom. The focus is on numbers, definitions, incentives and the difference between what was promised and what actually happened. These articles are less interested in winning a shouting match than in finding the part that survives contact with evidence. Read the newest check first, or choose a topic when one kind of nonsense has arrived in bulk.
Man vs Machine: Who Will Be Master and Who the Apprentice?
AI is moving from conversation to discovery. But can machines surpass human imagination, consciousness and purpose, or will humanity remain the master?
AI and the Ancient Business of Blaming the Next Generation
Older generations built the tools, then blamed the young for using them. A roast of AI panic, inherited prejudice and a future that may…
From “How Can I Do It?” to “How Can We Actually Do It?”
ChatGPT Work is changing the question from ‘how do I do this?’ to ‘how do we get it done?’ – but delegation still needs…
AI Assistants, Cheap Skills and the Coming Human Premium
AI can replace tasks, but its better use may be as a cheap assistant that buys back human time while genuine creativity becomes the…
Degrees, Intelligence and the Great Human Sorting Machine
We casually divide people into stupid and intelligent, uneducated and educated. The trouble is that these labels measure different things, badly.
We Can Imagine an AI God but Not Human Superintelligence
We can imagine AI becoming superintelligent, yet dismiss the possibility that human intelligence emerged from something greater. That deserves a sense check.
Your Younger Self Is Basically a Stranger With Your Name
Personality keeps changing across adulthood. Meet your younger self after 25 years and you may recognise the face, but still argue with the mind…
Real AI Intelligence: Born Smart, Not Trained to Be Smart
Could AI be intelligent from creation, without prior training? A dry sense check on instant learning, vast memory and the gap between knowledge and…
AI Superintelligence Meets a Scientist With Feet on Earth
Michio Kaku cuts through AI doom and abundance fantasies with a grounded view of robots, jobs, quantum computing, human evolution and machine intelligence.
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