Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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Saw Inception on Sunday evening and loved it despite (because?) some its glaring flaws. It is a spectacular mashup of some of my favorite movie elements: philosophy, action, heist, stunning imagery and more action- all on a huge IMAX screen (the way movies are meant to be seen).
The philosophy element is about some of the deep unresolved questions around consciousness, free will and our potentially tenuous grasp on reality. The action element is well action including fist fights, car chases, skiing, you name it. The heist element is wonderfully satisfying because it involves planting something rather than stealing it and (spoiler alert) is pulled off successfully against great odds (lots of echoes of traditional and newer capers here). And finally there is Nolan’s signature element of amazing imagery. My personal favorites were Paris folding in on itself and dreamers floating in a zero-gravity hotel room.
Now as I mentioned there were also some glaring flaws mostly relating to internal consistency and character development (or more precisely lack thereof). But I am happily willing to overlook these or even consider them to come with the territory. I would definitely go see a sequel - this could be the Oceans 11-13 of mind benders.
Saw Inception on Sunday evening and loved it despite (because?) some its glaring flaws. It is a spectacular mashup of some of my favorite movie elements: philosophy, action, heist, stunning imagery and more action- all on a huge IMAX screen (the way movies are meant to be seen).
The philosophy element is about some of the deep unresolved questions around consciousness, free will and our potentially tenuous grasp on reality. The action element is well action including fist fights, car chases, skiing, you name it. The heist element is wonderfully satisfying because it involves planting something rather than stealing it and (spoiler alert) is pulled off successfully against great odds (lots of echoes of traditional and newer capers here). And finally there is Nolan’s signature element of amazing imagery. My personal favorites were Paris folding in on itself and dreamers floating in a zero-gravity hotel room.
Now as I mentioned there were also some glaring flaws mostly relating to internal consistency and character development (or more precisely lack thereof). But I am happily willing to overlook these or even consider them to come with the territory. I would definitely go see a sequel - this could be the Oceans 11-13 of mind benders.
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