In which I detail the software I am trying to make part of my own mind. Part 1: Theory, goals & design motivations. Part 2: Display of the actual software Behold, my extended mind Part 1: The goals People focus on how LLMs perform "macro" automation of cognitive tasks for...
The most interesting and useful result concerns drug metabolism; you can skip to that section here. What I did I had my genome sequenced by Nucleus Genomics. I downloaded various genome files from Nucleus and started a new Git repo within Cursor. I worked with the LLMs to make a...
In this post, I share the thinking that lies behind the Exobrain system I have built for myself. In another post, I'll describe the actual system. I think the standard way of relating to LLM/AIs is as an external tool (or "digital mind") that you use and/or collaborate with. Instead...
> We already knew there's nothing new under the sun. > > Thanks to advances in telescopes, orbital launch, satellites, and space vehicles we now know there's nothing new above the sun either, but there is rather a lot of energy! For many phenomena, I think it's a matter of...
Morning and night, I pronounce "Hey Exo"[1], and my phone beeps once. I begin describing events and what's going on in my mind – where my attention is, my present feelings, how I slept, what I did that day, and who sleighted me – you know, that kind of stuff...
I have bipolar disorder. I was diagnosed in late 2012 following my one and only severe manic episode. Most psychiatrists would regard me as a resounding success case – I never even remotely come close to suicidal depression, manic delusions of grandeur, impulsive spending, or irresponsible sexual behavior. By standard...
This is a fictitious post that imagines what would happen if Anthropic paused. At this time, Anthropic has not indicated any such intention. Imagine Apple halting iPhone production because studies linked smartphones to teen suicide rates. Imagine Pfizer proactively pulling Lipitor because of internal studies showing increased cardiac risk, and...