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Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus breaks down why he doesn’t think artificial general intelligence (AGI) is coming any time soon.

Emily Dickinson, "Eden is that old-fashioned House"

Interview with Harvard Divinity Prof of Judaism, Jon Levenson on his new book on Shabbat in newest HDS Bulletin! (Those Harvard University students of his who have taken his famous “Judaism: The Liturgical Year” class know how brilliant he is on these topics!) bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/a-very-special…

I didn’t think I could be more in love with Socrates, but now I am…

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The beautiful power of loving and sharing knowledge.

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Absolutely:

History of science is always a good choice

I key aspect of the epistemology of AI that I stress is that it lacks a sense of truth, and thus a sense of error, and accuracy. This paper is another important argument that supports becoming far more careful about using human cognitive terms to describe AI.

Whitsuntide, the week following Pentecost, was for centuries *the* season of the year for holiday-making and summer festivities - a time for fairs, plays, games, dancing and parades. Celebrate the lost holiday of Whitsun Week: aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2011/06/whitsu…

muticellorganism Yes, because I think that is how biology controls itself - each level bends the option space for the lower levels, aligning the competent subunits to the same self- and world-model (with different degrees of bending their will). Cells convince molecular networks, tissues

When I lived in London, I often visited the National Gallery. My favorite paintings were by Rembrandt,I believe he was a righteous person. His use of light, reminded me of the rabbinic teaching about the light of Creation…I think he captured that very hidden light. ~Harav Kook

I’ve been looking forward to this! Can’t wait to read it…

over the past couple of months I’ve been writing for BlueDot Impact, with the aim of explaining as many AI safety concepts as possible, as simply as possible  here’s a thread of the ones I covered, in case they can be useful!

NEW ISSUE 🎉In the face of compelling evidence for seemingly unexplainable phenomena, what do you do? There are two options. 1️⃣Be dogmatic and ignore it, which is our natural habit because it preserves stability. 2️⃣Or be scientific and study it as carefully as possible, which

I had a great time meeting Amit and discussing his beautiful approach to literature and criticism. Thank you, Amit!

You’re welcome! I was teaching Yale’s Divinity’s Medieval Christianity course at the time, and Boethius was a high point for me as well. I was suffering from a severe illness, and teaching the book was literally consoling. It’s one of the top 5 for me I’d take anywhere.

It’s not everyday you get to say, “This is a groundbreaking conversation.” It’s was a great privilege to convene this conversation and learn from Eire and Harrison about how their scholarship has reshaped their epistemologies. The best scholarship makes us more open-minded.

Great resource