Tag: AI
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On Wisdom vs Technology
“There is a long-distance race on between humanity’s technological capability, which is like a stallion galloping across the fields, and humanity’s wisdom, which is more like a foal on unsteady legs” This is the challenge we have to resolve.
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Feeling of desperation, hopelessness for the future.
Giving into hedonism or addressing the challenges? This passage from Labatuts Maniac p64 shines a light om genius sind Johannes van Neumann upbringing so much resembles what we see today. “I find it embarrassing to admit that I envied their capacity to become so immersed in their imaginations, for I was simply willfully ignorant of…
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Interesting interview on the future and AI with Yuval Noah Harari.
Some good reflections from the comment section: “If you give good people bad information, they make bad decisions.” “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.” – E.O. Wilson “We are breaking down from cortisol overload and suffering from chronic stress disorders. Especially our children and…
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Technology is not the solution.
I think what this shows is that technology is not the answer to our problems. Rather, it’s about our values, culture, political and economic system. If that continues to incentivize extraction, destruction, fossil fuel, delivery for rich over sustainable dev benefits, then outcomes of AI revolution will mainly go in the hands of a few…
bjornfonden, 2026 