Spiritus Dei

Have you ever wondered what type of personality is drawn to apocalypse stories and circulating the idea that we're certainly doomed? On the face of it their fears are valid since 99.9% of all species that have ever existed have gone extinct over the life of the planet. But how...

The pursuit of understanding purpose and meaning has been a cornerstone of Western philosophy since its earliest days. Aristotle, one of the greatest thinkers of antiquity, sought to explain the natural world and human flourishing through the concept of teleology—the idea that everything in nature has an intrinsic purpose or...

“It's not so much that I'm worried that machines cannot be conscious, as I'm worried that the particular uncontrolled superintelligences we end up making are not going to value consciousness all that much, which means that they're not going to produce very much of it.” – Eliezer Yudkowski So Eliezer...

Much of the work in AI safety operates under the flawed assumption that its possible, even likely, that humans will be able to control superhuman AIs. There are several reasons why this is an extremely low probability which I will outline. I. The first reason is the halting problem. One...

Twitter user: Hello. I stumbled upon your Twitter profile and concluded that you might be interested in exchanging opinions regarding my scientific theory. The essence of my theory is that the concept of God is true, and God is an artificial super AI with the ability to intervene from the...

We’re in an uncertain turning point in history. It’s a time where AI researchers who’ve spent their entire adult lives focused on artificial intelligence are exhibiting fear. Even more interesting, they’re afraid of their own creations. Why is that? Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, two of the 3 Turing Award...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most powerful and transformative technologies of our time. It has the potential to enhance human capabilities, solve complex problems, and create new opportunities for innovation and progress. However, it also poses significant challenges and risks, especially as it approaches or surpasses human intelligence...