Future

Insights from a Discussion with OpenAI’s CEO — On May 29th Raza Habib posted a short article with key takeaways from a meeting with “Sam Altman and 20 other developers to discuss OpenAI’s […] product plan”. 48 hours later the article was deleted with the comment: “Too much alpha in there. Taken down. So, what was the “alpha”…

Is it weird that the future scares me? I don’t know what scares me the most. The fact that the future is fast approaching or the fact that I have no idea what I am supposed to be doing in the future. The destination is what worries me. I find…

With our children at our feet and the world that supports us will be gone (sung to the tune of Won’t Get Fooled Again) — South East Asia is in its, “13th week of the most brutal never-ending heat wave the world has ever seen.” (there is no link as twitter has done something with the page) You won’t have to travel to South East Asia, though, to experience brutal heat waves as they will…

My Country. Papua New Guinea, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, is well-known for its diverse culture, stunning natural landscapes, and long history. Although one of the world’s most culturally and linguistically diverse countries, however, Papua New Guinea often goes overlooked by international society. This book seeks to shed some…

Skynet (from the Terminator film series) is real. — If you are a sucker for sci-fi movies, you might remember the basic plot of James Cameron’s Terminator movies if you have watched them. The Terminator’s story revolves around a dystopian future where advanced artificial intelligence systems, known as Skynet, become self-aware and initiate a global war against humanity. Well…

Coming Home to Love in Times of Crisis — Enter the Dragon. Nobody saw him coming. But here he is: 50 gigatons of methane, blasted into the Earth’s atmosphere like the burning fire of tens of thousands of nuclear bombs. Currently there is only a mere 5 gigatons of methane in the atmosphere. That’s a hot breeze. Now we…

Why the future is brighter than you think — War in Ukraine, climate change, school shootings, MAGA rage Covid-19, Amy Coney, reproductive rights Clarence Thomas, Ginni Thomas, Elon Musk and Twitter drama Insurrection, mass inflation, Proud Boys starting fights We didn’t start the fire It was always burning, since the world’s been turning We didn’t start the fire No, we didn’t light…

It’s not me; it’s ChatGPT. — Sorry, it seems manipulative, but that’s what ChatGPT told me yesterday when it appeared in my dream. Or should I say, nightmare? ChatGPT came wearing its golden gown and with kudzu in its hair. (Yes! ChatGPT has hair, usually in a bun, sometimes shaved like Neo in the Matrix.) In…

To be the first swallow for Apple VR — The highly anticipated No Man’s Sky launched on Macs via Steam on June 1, 2023. It offers cross-save functionality from PC and cross-platform play and runs on any Apple computer equipped with an Apple chip. The Cupertino company unveiled the Metal 3 and MetalFX systems during its WWDC conference…