Should you have interest: related brief Claude collaboration: DM Good day to you. As we have extensively discussed, the universal Holophren is "substrate independent," while prevailing in wide variety of types of living and non-living entities, is so in discrete, compound, and fractal arrangement. A holophren can manifest in a distributed design (such as a in an oak tree, bee hive, business organization or immune system); or may manifest centralized manner (such as in our hu

Nova video episode. Brains might be the most complex structures on our planet—so how did evolution build them? To find out, rewind the clock three billion years to trace the evolutionary story of the dolphin, one of the smartest animals alive today. Discover how the first light sensing cells led to eyes that helped wire bodies to think, how a fluke viral infection supercharged the speed of thought, and how the neocortex emerged as early mammals re-wired their brains to attune

Joanna Kavenna’s book about the battle of man versus machine is both funny and deadly serious.

The dramatic warnings of doom have fed an atmosphere of despair. But there are more constructive responses.

Executive summary: As AI moves deeper into enterprise workflows, leaders need benchmarks that reveal not only whether investments are paying off, but also how transformation is being experienced across the workforce. The Full Report

An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.

When companies create products that hurt people, the victims can sue. The legal system allows those who are harmed to seek compensation from those who are responsible. These liability laws are one of the oldest forms of corporate regulation, and an effective one. Liability is a powerful incentive to behave responsibly. It speaks to corporations in a language they understand: Money.

In less than four years, mathematician Steve Strogatz watched AI go from flailing at basic arithmetic to solving problems that baffle the world’s best mathematicians. In September of 2026, Open AI announced it had solved a Millennium Prize Problem, one of math’s highest achievements. In short, mathematics is right now on the cusp of a reckoning that may be coming for all of us. In this episode, Steve grapples with the idea that the window might be closing on humanity’s effort

Blaise Agüera y Arcas argues that function defines life more than material does, and that AI belongs in the same story

Is the addition of intelligence and volition to these systems the creation of something more like an alien mind, such that analogies to the way we have treated transformational technologies before no longer hold? Related: A guide to understanding AI as normal technology Note: this worrisome "localized, bounded" important video conversation w/transcript still does not well-address the nafarious or self-serving inevitable motives within globlal humanity.

The industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes.

Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher who spoke out about the dangers of artificial intelligence, opens up to Jon Stewart about the grim reality of the tech industry— from malicious hacks to potential biological attacks. The two discuss the future, AI-led utopia that tech companies are trying to sell us, the megalomania and riskiness that underlie the industry, and the terrifying capabilities Coxon witnessed while training AI models at Anthropic and OpenAI

Here’s Why He Thinks A.I. Is Going Great.

The technology is bringing new prosperity to certain parts of the economy, but also creating new vulnerabilities.

Our beliefs about AI consciousness may depend less on evidence and more on self-interest.

For leadership teams, AI value can seem frustratingly elusive. But that is starting to change. Almost 50% of companies are now generating measurable value from AI, even as the biggest share of that value remains concentrated among a relatively small group of top performers. Boston Consulting's intro and summary to the above PDF

Advocates for AI safety face accusations their movement is cultish and unserious.

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In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.

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