James F. O'BrienThe Matrix Revisited: Challenging Morpheus’s Red-Pill narrativeWhat if the tyrannical machines were actually benevolent protectors of humanity?Apr 20Apr 20
James F. O'BrienArtificial Intelligence and the future of work and livingNavigating between utopian dreams and dystopian fearsMar 4Mar 4
James F. O'BrienControlling what you don’t understandHow do we control AI systems after they have evolved beyond human understanding?Feb 19Feb 19
James F. O'BrienStudent loans and irresponsible spendingStudents are borrowing money to pay for college. Are university administrators spending their students’ money responsibly?Nov 26, 20222Nov 26, 20222
James F. O'BrienWhat does Machine Learning tell us about evolution and creation?Modern AI techniques shed new light on old arguments.Aug 24, 2022Aug 24, 2022
James F. O'BrienThe Rick and Morty Every-Universe FallacyIf anything can happen, would that imply that everything does happen?May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
James F. O'BrienPreparing for “uncomprehendable” AIToday, we control our machines, but the reverse seems increasingly inevitable.Feb 11, 2022Feb 11, 2022
James F. O'BrienCan something be literally impossible to understand?Ideas not just complex or hard to understand, but absolutely and completely beyond comprehension.Jan 17, 20221Jan 17, 20221
James F. O'BrienLife at radically different time scalesIntelligent life might plausibly function at time scales massively longer or incredibly shorter than our own.Dec 4, 20211Dec 4, 20211
