Artificial emergent wisdom? (Artificial Super-Intelligence Part 2)
Prelude: The field of commentary around AI – including chatbots (LLMs), artificial general intelligence (AGI), artificial super-intelligence (ASI), and more – is …
Reimagining Deliberative Democracy to Meet the Metacrisis
My quiet summer fundraiser continues. So far we’ve received $1453 from 15 people. If you find my work meaningful, please send me …
ChatGPT – A Partner in Unknowing (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 1)
ChatGPT can help us realize how much we fall short in our approaches to complex challenges. By wisely using its capacity to summarize …
A Quick Note on AI and the Metacrisis
AI can make the metacrisis worse, leading to collapse. If there were ways to use AI to help head off its negative …
A New Book on Co-Intelligence?… It’s Complicated!!
A new book entitled CO-INTELLIGENCE is due to come out next April. In it, Wharton management professor Ethan Mollick talks about developing partnerships …
Systemic Drivers of Collapse (Part 1: Introduction)
“Systemic drivers of collapse”* are dynamics and assumptions built into our current global civilization’s systems. They are present in various forms in diverse …
What’s Tom been up to the last few months?
I’ve been out of touch here for several months. This short newsletter shares a bit of what I’ve been up to – including …
AI Series #1: Dimensions of Generative AI / ChatGPT
This article discusses the potential risks of giving AI god-like powers, especially as AI becomes superintelligent and embedded in all aspects of …