Here's an easy, visual introduction to David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity. One hour on the cosmic significance of knowledge and people, using my lovely homemade lightboard!✨

Boring: X will supersede Y. Matt: X will turbo charge nightmare annihilate Y. Incidentally, in this case, Y are people who make low quality children’s videos.

Me: can I have your number? Kat ⊷ the Poet Engineer :

My AGI discussion group meets every week. We've talked about: Finite vs. Infinite Abilities. A raven might be capable of using some tools, but humans can learn to use any of an infinity of tools, most of which haven't been invented yet. Randomness. Is it useful, or even

Constraints constrain. Your efforts can’t flow one way, so must flow another. If that area is full of treasure, the constraints were good. If not, then they were bad. Without any constraints, you’re lost in a trashforest, where treasures are hard to find.

We've also talked about: Creating vs. Using. To reach readers, you must not only write a book, but publish it. Likewise, to improve your thinking, your brain must not only create a new idea, but integrate it into your thought processes. How? Interaction. For ideas to be useful,

What makes human minds uniquely powerful? That's my main research question. And my main research activity is writing. I like to call it webwriting or thinkwriting, because it's for me rather than others, and part of a web of linked notes rather than a linear essay. I've been

I’m really enjoying the mix of people joining my AGI discussion group. Lots of friendly, curious, and interesting people, with lots of different backgrounds, skills, etc. DM me if you’re interested! (It’s $100 for a lifetime membership.)

Lax security ≈ Lacks security

Let us be among the stars

POV SpaceX catching a rocket

Booster starts in top right corner. Watch to the end. Sound on

Lol. There’s a fake SpaceX channel on YouTube with 60M+ views. Looked legit at first! It’s got a bad AI voice clone of Elon Musk saying: “Scan the QR code to double your investment. This was developed with the same safety as our rockets.” YouTube link: youtube.com/@spacex-musk

Hell yeah!

In research, I bounce around a lot, and sometimes lose track of the big picture. On some days, like today, I go back and map out the last few months of my thinking:

Elon Musk There are many ways to stick atoms together. Most won't launch themselves into orbit and land gently on a tower. SpaceX's way of putting atoms together did do those things. It took life - and people - to find that way. Without them, the cosmos would remain rocketless.