INTRODUCTION and PREMISE Artificial Intelligence has arrived. Many computer scientists, machine learning experts, and long-time leaders in AI have suggested that human creativity, reasoning, cognition, and recall are now obsolete. A new age of machines, a new technological epoch is here. At the center of this phenomenon is the man-machine … [Read more...]
Three brutal lessons on your path to digital stardom
The internet is crowded with gurus and programs selling digital success. But they may divert your path to digital stardom. I’ve paid thousands of dollars over almost three decades to learn the secrets of various gurus - who usually promote their own methods, programs, and systems as the only path to riches and happiness. But the … [Read more...]
Letting A.I. into the wild accelerates and worsens every other A.I. risk
[Author’s note: I research and write about the impact of AI on the human condition and civilization at large. My specific focus is our rapidly evolving experience of this new technology, the new man-machine interchange, and the altered human-computer relationship. The following is representative of my cautious and sometimes alarming perspective on … [Read more...]
How to compete with the most advanced technology in the history of civilization
As I build a new venture focused observing, experiencing, analyzing, and reporting on the impact of A.I. on the entire Creator culture and economy, I wonder … What to do with a technological phenomenon, when considering how and working on the mechanics of launching a business focused on that phenomenon, when that technology now or shortly … [Read more...]
What’s a lifetime of toil compared to A.I. music created in seconds?
Music provides the background for my life. I write to music. I drive to music. I fall asleep to music. I meditate to music. As a child, I bought cassettes and later, when they came on the scene, CDs by the box full of my favorite artists. When illegal digital music emerged, I got online and obsessed about Napster. Many of the pop … [Read more...]
Rethinking the rest of my days: AI’s impact on life expectancy and financial stability
[Author’s note: the following was researched with the help of various LLMs, but the content was written by me.] When I retired in October 2022, my wife and I put considerable thought and planning into guessing our life expectancy, and therefore our estate, investments, and finances to ensure that we could afford to live comfortably for our … [Read more...]
A.I. regulation and control is a fallacy, here’s why
My friend, who only has a passing knowledge of AI and its many recent developments, forwarded me an article about one of the big AI platforms promoting government regulation. My friend is hopeful. I’ve shared only a few of the many immediate and long-term existential risks from the horde of new AI technologies and platforms coming … [Read more...]
AI will achieve the broadest impact of any technology in human history
All human endeavors have always had unique risks, benefits, expressions, uses, and methods. They have mostly been local and specific to their own areas of expertise and skill. Rarely did the risks or benefits crossover to other domains. But artificial intelligence is delivering advances in virtually every human undertaking and has already … [Read more...]
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