AI & Cognitive Systems
The Strange Case of Navier–Stokes
If AI can solve mathematical problems that have resisted humanity for decades, should we slow the machine—or rethink what mathematical discovery is for?
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When Intelligence Becomes a Commodity: What Is the University For?
If AI can teach you almost anything, why go to college?
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The Black Box Paradox: Why the Future Is Both Scary and Exciting
As AI becomes capable of discovering systems humans may not fully understand, the future presents a paradox: technological dependence on intelligence beyond us—and the possibility of augmenting ourselves to understand it.
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The Collapse of the Purpose of Life — and the Probable Human Zoo Future
The deepest consequence of advanced AI may not be unemployment, inequality, or even superintelligence. It may be something more unsettling: the gradual disappearance of the reasons human beings…
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The Math Heist: AI Must Be Kingmaker, Not King
AI is entering mathematics at unprecedented speed. The real question is not whether machines can solve problems, but who gets the credit—and whether AI enriches mathematics or turns it into a leaderboard.
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AI, Human Knowledge, and the Missing Social Contract
If AI companies can commercially learn from humanity’s knowledge, should humanity receive a return?
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Borrowed Authority — Part I: When Science Looks Like Science
Conspiracy theories often become persuasive by borrowing the authority of science, mathematics, history and institutions. This article examines how real facts can be assembled into convincing stories without the evidence actually supporting the connections between them.
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Sui Inspectio (Metacognition)
An Analysis of My Own Thinking Patterns 1. Why Did I Start Inspecting My Own Thinking? At some point, I became less interested in individual ideas and more…
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Intellectual Hacking
How AI is making human intelligence interoperable For a long time, I thought intelligence was largely trapped inside the architecture of the individual mind. You might have strong…
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The Hidden Danger of AI: Cognitive Decline and the Rise of an Idiocracy
AI may not make humans biologically less intelligent. But what happens if increasingly capable machines make us less willing—and less able—to exercise our own intelligence?