You should now read the sequel: The Parable of the Talents. It’s a far better book, and even more apt.

Judges have no way to do this. The Marshals Service is controlled by the DoJ.

We’re doomed!

Would be a buy at $5

Excellent post. I agree with the first item on the list, with a small twist of embodiment:

Cognition is that which integrates perceptual affordances with behavioral affordances to enable productive behavior in the agent’s environment.

Very well-deserved and long overdue. Congratulations to both!

As AI gets more integrated into our cognitive workflow, I think we’ll see an interesting phenomenon in terms of the cognitive skills of humans in an increasing number of areas:

(Human tomorrow) < (Human today)

(Human tomorrow + AI) >> (Human today)

Can we avoid this?

They’re behaving like courtiers have behaved throughout history. It’s the Democrats in Congress that one should have questions about?

And then have their minions cook the deficit numbers for 4 years….

But reality doesn’t care.

Alibaba….

It’s very early, but if science declines in the US - as now seems likely - where will it rise? Europe? China? Japan?

Or will AI transform how science is done everywhere?