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The Root of Life
The seed is not the beginning of life. A thought experiment about energy flow, information, propagation, artificial life and the possibility that life begins when a self-maintaining loop closes.
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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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Why P vs NP Is Equally Hard for AI and Computers
Why P vs NP may resist increasingly powerful AI and computation: the deeper challenge may be discovering structural principles that eliminate exponential search rather than merely searching faster.
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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.
Ideas & Systems
Is Television an Effective Tool in Building the Minds of Children?
Is the Idiot Box Making You Dumber?
AI & Cognitive Systems
Universal Basic Equity: Who Owns the AI Future?
If humanity’s accumulated knowledge helps create extraordinary AI wealth, should humanity receive more than a basic income?
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P vs NP: The Government Clerk, the Wine Tester, and the People Who Couldn’t Find the Answer
A humorous explanation of P vs NP through government clerks and wine testers: verifying a proposed solution can be easy, but finding the solution efficiently is the real mystery.
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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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Agent Escape Paradox
What happens after an AI agent escapes its original sandbox? The Agent Escape Paradox explores nested environments, the power plug as a possible final lid, and the limits of our ability to know where the cage ends.
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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…