Lux Umbra Dei
MichaelSometimes humorous, amateur recreations and explorations in math, analytic philosophy and science. Short fiction. Religious stuff. Laments on aging! Lots of questions but not a lot of answers. A certainty-free zone!
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 346 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 8 months ago |
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I Believe in Democracy. Therefore I Believe in the Impossible
I have two friends, John and Rielle, and we’re all three fervid believers in democratic, i.e. majority rule, forms of government as opposed to authoritarian dictatorships, plutocracies, meritocracies, and so forth. In our beliefs, the will...
Computers, Consciousness, Intelligence and Sundry Issues Redux
Or words to that effect, possibly from Marvin Minsky. Intelligence in his view was an emergent property of a congress of mental agents, each unintelligent. Some philosopher suggested one could create a computational array consisting of noth...
Artificial Intelligence 1 Redux
[This something that appeared here in LUD back in late 2022 and represents the first thoughts I wrote on a topic I would revisit many times again over the years. In three years, the double edged sword of AGI is still being publicly debated...
Liberty
I was in the parking lot of the grocery store waiting for my wife to finish shopping and saw a middle-aged man loading his SUV. He wore a t-shirt with "Got Liberty?" printed in large letters. I was reminded of FDR's reelection campaign spee...
Accounting and Coercion
I became alarmed a few days ago when I learned that the Pentagon had terminated some contracts it had with outside vendors including the accounting mega-firm Deloitte. Presumably a cost cutting measure on the Pentagon's part, this terminati...
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