As a healthcare and FDA attorney, I’ve written demand letters for my clients involving various alleged acts of wrongdoing that they had to fight against. These demand letters can be very tough on [...]
While I can't claim Marvin Minsky as a mentor I knew personally, his work did influence me--particularly his suggestion that the us v. them version of humans and robots (or AI) in the movies is [...]
In this, an open letter to Superintelligence, my algorithm for AI is simple: to blaze humanity’s path to the cosmos by delving into the part of the human data stream known as spirituality.
Two trends are colliding: artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more pervasive with machine intelligence outpacing human intelligence, and consciousness is waking up. Which one will trump--or [...]
Birthdays, I believe, are really for the world – we celebrate what we give to others. It seems to me the best way for me to celebrate this birthday is to celebrate the meaning my life can have in [...]