Em Software Engineering Bleg
Many software engineers read this blog, and I’d love to include a section on software engineering in my book on ems. But as my software engineering expertise is limited, I ask you, dear software...
View ArticlePerfect Bits
Did you know that your phone, pad, and laptop are all “computers” wherein all relevant info is stored in “bits”? And did you further know that you can get tools to let you very easily change almost any...
View ArticleWhy Does Software Rot?
Almost a year ago computer scientist Daniel Lemire wrote a post critical of a hypothesis I’ve favored, one I’ve used in Age of Em. On the “better late than never” principle, I’ll finally respond now....
View ArticleAI As Software Grant
While I’ve been part of grants before, and had research support, I’ve never had support for my futurist work, including the years I spent writing Age of Em. That now changes: The Open Philanthropy...
View ArticleEms Give Longer Human Legacy
Imagine that you were an older software engineer at Microsoft in 1990. If your goal was to have the most influence on software used in 2016, you should have hoped that Microsoft would continue to...
View ArticleBig Software Firm Bleg
I haven’t yet posted much on AI as Software. But now I’ll say more, as I want to ask a question. Someday ems may replace humans in most jobs, and my first book talks about how that might change many...
View ArticleA Tangled Task Future
Imagine that you want to untangle a pile of cables. It wasn’t tangled on purpose; tangling just resulted naturally from how these cables were used. You’d probably look for the least tangled cable in...
View ArticleAn Outside View of AI Control
I’ve written much on my skepticism of local AI foom (= intelligence explosion). Recently I said that foom offers the main justification I understand for AI risk efforts now, as well as being the main...
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