20Mar 2026 by Post

Requiem for an Artificial Superintelligence

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On the morning of his upload, he signed transfer papers, redundancy protocols, continuity covenants, and one handwritten page that no lawyer saw. Source
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17Jul 2022 by Post

Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence

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Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside. Source
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17Nov 2021 by Post

Harvard U Press Computer Science Author Gives AI a Reality Check

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The key missing ingredient in machine intelligence is the ability to appreciate context, do analysis, and make appropriate inferences. Source
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