Fragmented thoughts on isolation, identity, and technology in the pandemic-paradigm — Humans were chiseled, gradually nurtured, by the invisible forces of evolution to run free: bipedality liberated us from the trees of the forests, unleashing us upon the deserts, savannas, and seas. Out of eons of natural selection emerged prehensile hands, capable of carving intricate tools designed to kill, wound, or…

The survival guide to immortality when artificial superintelligence forces us off the balance beam. — The advent of AI Artificial Intelligence isn’t arriving, it’s here. Articles and books have been written, anthropomorphizing AI, listing its failure modes, and testifying that humanity will struggle to navigate the intricate moral and ethical issues associated with the new paradigm. …

Capitalism, happiness, AI, Kylie Jenner and the human condition: welcome to a radical, unrefined stream of consciousness. — For a design-thinking assignment, I was required to come up with a 100 questions about the world. The following statements are questions or insights — some trivial, some absurd, some profound. Some have objective answers, while others are simply cognitive stimulants. They are not grouped thematically, but simply presented in…

Understanding what constitutes Art, what it means to the human experience, and the consequences of Superintelligence on the freedom of human expression. Art exists for two entities — the Creator and the Recipient. For the former, it is the tangible result of various internal mental processes combining with an intent…

An overview of the economic and social quandaries that are likely to dominate our working-memory in the forthcoming years. — Machine Learning and why it Matters Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the broader concept of machines being able to carry out tasks in a way that we humans would consider ‘smart’. Machine Learning (ML), a subset of AI, refers to the idea of machines using data to make smart decisions — i.e. …