Artificial intelligence would be sinister if it meant synthesised general intelligence like an artificial brain (mantra: destroy all humans!) but it doesn’t mean that. AI is a media snowjob, automation that’s been around years spun into clickbait and snake-oil.
Tamsin spends an evening with her dogs trying her hand at psychology / philosophy. She wonders about the way hypocrisy and self-serving fantasy compete for airtime in the human brain. It seems like path of least resistance versus neurotic egomaniac is the homo sapiens yin yang!
People blaming others for conditions. Where is that? The big punt, though, is the nightmare world of the Untermensch. This is what’s fucking society more than anything else. That and path of least resistance. Dehumanised strangers is the biggest disaster and always has been. Failure of imagination.Antidote runs contrary toRead More
Social media gets a lot of abuse these days. The worst instincts played out in cheap anonimity, instant reaction made indelible. Bang! If the first sound is an inarticulate yell, and there’s millions of first sounds, what’s made is a wall of sound. That’s the internet of opinion right now.Read More
Letter from Uncle Frank, September 2017. Dear Nephew, Unfortunately, I think in a lot of cases the only time you can question (interrogate) your brain is when it’s done as close as possible to the actual time you had the thought reaction you’re keen to drill down into. IfRead More
The data seems to suggest most human beings are “on the spectrum” – which was unexpected – but likewise most are inside the bell curve of unimpaired neurological function. Does this mean most of us class as autistic? Is a touch of autism the new normal?Read More
Hans – the blue smurf – back with a vengeance! Why most people conform to the mainstream flow – even unto cruelty – even unto self-destruction – and why some unhappy few are outliers; and why the outsider is the most precious most often maligned.