Tag Archives: artificial intelligence

What Is This “AI Bubble” You Hear About?

Huge amounts of money are feverishly pursuing the AI industry, including data centers and still uncertain future developments — sure looks like a bubble!

Wealth Creation: Does it Matter Where it Comes From?

Rent-seeking, in economic thought, seems to be critical to capitalism’s survival … but so is labor! Both are necessary to achieve the abundance we all seek …

Why Do I Write?

I’ve been here before.  In fact, about once a year (at least), I feel compelled to write about some variation on the theme of what I’m trying to accomplish with Warp & Woof. I suspect the reason I keep revisiting the topic is that I have serious difficulties understanding my true motivations for writing. AllContinue reading “Why Do I Write?”

Cognitive Revolution to Homo Deus

Published March 8, 2018 in Warp & Woof   Cognitive Revolution to Homo Deus Yuval Harari’s View of History William Sundwick Inspired by Jared Diamond’s 1997 best seller Guns, Germs, and Steel, 35-year-old Israeli history professor Yuval Noah Hararipublished his first book, Sapiens, a brief history of Humankind (2011 in Hebrew, English edition 2014). He,Continue reading “Cognitive Revolution to Homo Deus”

Links from Think Progress and The Atlantic

10% isn’t nearly enough, but it is a renewable energy milestone. Could be much greater with federal incentives — not likely in a Trump administration (despite Rick Perry’s history as a wind farm promoter in TX) Not sure a “non-human” language is necessarily bad … especially if it improves negotiating skills of robots!