Writing

A year ago, I wrote a piece about the asymptotic nature of intelligence and the limits of AI. It’s long been my contention that intelligence is not boundless; it doesn’t shoot up an infinite curve to the stratosphere. Rather, there is an upper limit on what can be known and the inferences that can be… Continue reading

I wrote my first novel in 2009, fulfilling a lifelong dream. That dream was simply this: write a novel. It wasn’t to get a novel published. I wasn’t to get people to read the novel. I never dreamt of making money from my writing. I was just an avid reader from my Dr. Seuss days,… Continue reading

24 36.644′ N023 13.143′ W Put that in your favorite maps site to see where we are as I write this. Roughly 400 nautical miles southwest of the Canary Islands and 2,200nm from the Caribbean. How did we get here? Well, about two years ago, Shay started talking about us getting on a boat to… Continue reading

In 1949, George Orwell coined the term “Big Brother” in his (unfortunately) timeless novel 1984. The fear then — and now — was that mass surveillance would give totalitarian states even greater control over its people. As prescient as Orwell was, here’s something he missed: surveillance works both ways. Bodycams have proven a nuisance for… Continue reading

“They had no idea,” Percy realized. And so he resolved to remedy this. Percy Perceival Pierce lived in a time of miraculous inventions. There were computers to help design these inventions and robots to help build them. “Help” here is used the same sense that Thomas Jefferson “helped” tend his crops and build his home.… Continue reading