Google DeepMind researcher argues that LLMs can never be conscious, not in 10 years or 100 years. "Expecting an algorithmic description to instantiate the quality it maps is like expecting the mathematical formula of gravity to physically exert weight."

It's amazing what a comma can do.

It's nice when there are no crackheads on BART, you can hand sew in peace.

It's too bad we haven't made similar progress with dementia praecox.

The prettiest prayers I’ve ever heard were uttered by four-year-olds, eyes squeezed shut before snack time with Cheerios.

The age of smart is over. what's coming belongs to people who can still cry, people whose hands shake before they do something honest, people who walk out of rooms midsentence because their body told them to, people who kneel down to God. people who pray without words, people who

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

A fruitful weekend.

substack should have a button on paid articles, enabled as an option by authors, that lets a benefactor "buy it for everyone." e.g. a rich benefactor may think it to be worth $500 or some such amount to make an article behind a paywall free for everyone.

They'll never catch him.

Anyone want to play outside?

Going to clothe the ladies in pearls.

All that matters is that you pay attention.

God coming in hot.

People in SF: What’s your peptide stack for brain health and longevity? Me: uhhh birds

Gensler is the only firm that has convinced me LEDs are OK.

Counting joy before my eyes strain in spreadsheets #walksees

How much do you think it costs to fix one of the best benches in SF?

the world turning against you is sometimes God showing up