What Even Is Superintelligence?
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. - Probably not Albert Einstein I'm a pretty smart guy. Or, at least,…
AI, Luddites, and the Future – Part 2
In Part 1, I looked at four arguments that anti-AI folks give for being anti-AI.…
AI, Luddites, and the Future – Part 1
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. A lot of people are very uncomfortable with that…
Philosophy Is Practical
Philosophy has long had a reputation for being the least practical of all the impractical…
A Question about Gift Giving
Eric Schwitzgebel is a philosopher that I like a lot. This year, on his blog…
Why Be Impartial?
Who decided that morality had to be impartial? And when did they decide it? I…
A Couple of Fallacies
I've been thinking about two fallacies a lot lately. The naturalistic fallacy and the appeal…
What is Talent?
Asking what talent is may seem silly. It's something we can all identify. Yo Yo…
Old Friends
I keep trying to start this piece, but some variation of the line, "I used…