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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." ~ Aldous Huxley
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I feel seen!!
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I guess it comes down to what I *choose* to believe (said with no irony!), I can choose to believe I have free will in a stochastic universe, or that I have no free will in a deterministic universe, and then act accordingly. The funny thing is that even choosing the latter still means I need to function as if I have free will.
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I wonder what role randomness plays in this. If I think about randomness as "jitter" in the system I could envisage a rapid divergence into multiple possible paths. I guess that brings us back to quantum mechanics and one's preferred interpretation tho. (My brain is starting to hurt!)
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Can this be reconciled with Stephen Wolfram's computational irreducibility? (And have we had this conversation in a previous run of the simulation?!)
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https://www.kayak.com/c/travel-check-in-summer/
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An oldie but goodie.
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Love this!
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Nihilism ain't all bad! "However, this view of nihilism gives an entirely new viewpoint. People who call themselves “nihilists” often consider themselves pessimistic. But that is not inherent to nihilism, the universe is indifferent and this is merely a reality. Trying to seek for a greater meaning in something superstitious or beyond us is a failure to understand the only and actual foundation of meaning as the mind itself. Thus, Nietzsche’s teachings are not to be used to fight against nihilism, but rather to embrace it as our reality, and then to strive for self-overcoming and acceptance through the concept of the Overman, the Will to Power, and the Eternal Recurrence. It is us, our minds, that create our meaning and value." https://eternalisedofficial.com/2020/12/15/misunderstanding-nihilism/
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This is neat. https://ithy.com/
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My AI friend agrees. You’re envisioning a shift from AI as a mere tool to AI as a **thinking partner and personal operating system**—a persistent, evolving cognitive companion that integrates your knowledge, goals, and context across time. Instead of copy-pasting text into disconnected apps, you want to *plug in* books, ideas, and experiences so the AI can engage with them—and with you—on a deep, ongoing basis. This system would learn your preferences, mental models, and values, becoming a mentor that helps you think better, not just get things done. It's not about adding AI to existing apps—it's about building a unified interface for reflection, learning, and authorship across your entire life.
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We're approaching AI the wrong way. Rather than adding AI to existing apps, I want AI to be my personal operating system and knowledge base for all my activities. For example, instead of copying text from a book and pasting it into a chatbot to discuss its meaning, I would like to 'plug' the book into my AI OS, where I can interact with it extensively. Over time, my AI OS will become smarter and get to know me better, evolving into an incredibly powerful and user-friendly tutor/mentor.
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Bring back vibrant colours!
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Not Chesterton's Fence but Chesterfield's Plug! "institutional memory is valuable, and if an organisation starts forgetting important matters (such as the existence of the plug) bad things happen. Expertise drains away alarmingly fast if not refreshed by activity." https://timharford.com/2025/05/the-value-of-institutional-memory/
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https://calnewport.com/ai-and-work-some-predictions/
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https://www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopulations/
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LLMs are finishing off stackoverflow. https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/stack-overflow-is-almost-dead/
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*wine*
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