James F. O'BrienThe Matrix Revisited: Challenging Morpheus’s Red-Pill narrativeWhat if the tyrannical machines were actually benevolent protectors of humanity?8 min read·Apr 20, 2024----
James F. O'BrienArtificial Intelligence and the future of work and livingNavigating between utopian dreams and dystopian fears4 min read·Mar 4, 2024----
James F. O'BrienControlling what you don’t understandHow do we control AI systems after they have evolved beyond human understanding?4 min read·Feb 19, 2024----
James F. O'BrienStudent loans and irresponsible spendingStudents are borrowing money to pay for college. Are university administrators spending their students’ money responsibly?6 min read·Nov 26, 2022--2--2
James F. O'BrienWhat does Machine Learning tell us about evolution and creation?Modern AI techniques shed new light on old arguments.7 min read·Aug 24, 2022----
James F. O'BrienThe Rick and Morty Every-Universe FallacyIf anything can happen, would that imply that everything does happen?10 min read·May 2, 2022----
James F. O'BrienPreparing for “uncomprehendable” AIToday, we control our machines, but the reverse seems increasingly inevitable.9 min read·Feb 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.7 min read·Jan 17, 2022--1--1
James F. O'BrienLife at radically different time scalesIntelligent life might plausibly function at time scales massively longer or incredibly shorter than our own.15 min read·Dec 4, 2021--1--1