Old Model, New Tricks
On the 85th anniversary of his death, a look back at the legacy of Nikolai Kondratiev and its implications for the coming age of GenAI.
Elliot Leavy
· 6 min read
AI
A collection of 26 posts
AIs Will Be Our Mind Children
We must free our artificial descendants to adapt to their new worlds and choose what they will become.
Robin Hanson
· 7 min read
AI: Let’s Worry About the Right Things
There are valid concerns and there are unfounded fears. Let us separate the two.
Brendan Craig
· 13 min read
ChatGPT, Lobster Gizzards, and Intelligence
Chat knows more, gizzards are more complex, and you’re more intelligent.
Frederick R. Prete
· 10 min read
The Horseless Comanche
The new world of AI promises great peril but also great potential.
Aidan Harte
· 8 min read
What Are Reasonable AI Fears?
Although there are some valid concerns, an AI moratorium would be misguided.
Robin Hanson
· 13 min read
ChatGPT and the Future of the Professions
Professionals must learn to work with the machines or they will be replaced by them.
Sean Welsh
· 12 min read
The Case Against the Case Against AI
AI only knows what is in the data. The unfortunate use of the term “learning” is a simple, but potent, source of confusion and apprehension.
Peter L. Levin
· 9 min read
The Peculiar Economics of 3D Printing
Most new technologies, when they are launched, arrive with a lot of hype. While 3D printing fits the business model for customized products, it is not yet cost effective in a commercial manufacturing sector which requires mass production.
Randall Mayes
· 10 min read
The Human Skills AI Can't Replace
Today’s inductive AI can only solve problems in the narrow problem space we predefine.
William J. Littlefield II
· 10 min read
Understanding China's Confucian Edge in the Global AI Race
China now stands poised to lead the world in the development of artificial-intelligence technologies, which rely, for their machine-learning algorithms.
Craig Smith
· 5 min read