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Sometimes I feel like only a few of us really know what’s going on

Whether it’s about technology, politics, environment, freedom or culture, it feels like most of the world is lost.

3 min readMar 12, 2024

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Sometimes I feel like only a few of us really know what’s going on

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

It’s fascinating to ponder what it means for AI to ‘understand’ something

I’ve been thinking about this for 50 years since I was 6 or 7.

2 min readMar 22, 2024

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It’s fascinating to ponder what it means for AI to ‘understand’ something

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

Here’s why people believe doom and gloom science BUT NOT the green tech guys

We can ABSOLUTELY solve climate change in around 15–20 years (barring WW3) and it’ll be cheaper than running the fossil fuel plants.

7 min readApr 9, 2023

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Here’s why people believe doom and gloom science BUT NOT the green tech guys

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

Hatred of Elon Musk is definitely misguided

Almost everything people hate about Elon Musk is either not true or hugely exaggerated.

4 min read20 hours ago

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Hatred of Elon Musk is definitely misguided

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

Emergence, illusion, consciousness and all that

2 min read1 day ago

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Emergence, illusion, consciousness and all that

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

GPT-4o is out! And it’s incredible. Audio & video.

Today OpenAI announced a new model GPT-4o (pronounced ‘oh’).

2 min read1 day ago

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GPT-4o is out! And it’s incredible. Audio & video.

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

Working humanoid android for sale for $16K !

This is huge. Unitree, a Chinese robotics company, has just released a working humanoid android called G1.

1 min read1 day ago

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Working humanoid android *for sale* for $16K !

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

‘Big Short’ guy hugely wrong about Tesla

2 min read1 day ago

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‘Big Short’ guy hugely wrong about Tesla

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

I still can’t get over that people think consciousness could ‘just be an illusion’

Don’t get me wrong, I’m 99.9% a materialist about things in this world.

2 min read3 days ago

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I still can’t get over that people think consciousness could ‘just be an illusion’

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

Don’t watch this Tesla FSD Uber trip if you want to remain a naysayer

Watch (and listen to) this clip and tell me you still don’t believe in camera-only FSD.

1 min read3 days ago

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Don’t watch this Tesla FSD Uber trip if you want to remain a naysayer

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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

Paul Pallaghy, PhD

PhD Physicist / AI engineer / Biophysicist / Futurist into global good, AI, startups, EVs, green tech, space, biomed | Founder Pretzel Technologies Melbourne AU

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