The Thought Experiments of Virtual Reality

The Matrix introduced philosophical skepticism to the…

When good AI ethics is just good AI engineering

Let’s not build a Neuro-Clearview AI, please

Neurotech is approaching facial recognition’s dangerous Crappy Valley: good enough…

The Metaverse as Second-Rate Prophecy

The commercially successful prophet is not the one history remembers. Kings don’t pay for…

“Reality v2”

Our every action in the real world leaves a smudge of data in the Metaverse, stored long after our death, and if mediums have a long tradition, chatbots had the distinct advantage of the unmediated talk.

“Silent Whispers”

The voice telling you who to kill and where they were more familiar to you than the people across the breakfast table.

“The Writers’ Room”

Nobody lasts long in the Writers’ Room; their AIs are very efficient at capturing whatever is different in anybody’s style…

“A Crisper Fairy Tale”

Her father loved her very much. Her genetically engineered unicorn was very beautiful.