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AI and Suicide
[Warning: Extensive discussion of suicide.
Nov 8 • 
SE Gyges

August 2025

Do we understand how neural networks work?
Yes and no, but mostly no.
Aug 13 • 
SE Gyges
AGI: Probably Not 2027
AI 2027 is a web site that might be described as a paper, manifesto or thesis.
Aug 12 • 
SE Gyges

July 2025

What Makes AI "Generative"?
To "generate" is to create, either from nothing (The Book of Genesis), or from very different or relatively inactive materials (an electrical generator…
Jul 15 • 
SE Gyges
On The Platonic Representation Hypothesis
Empirically there is one and only one correct understanding of this, and every other, post.
Jul 1 • 
SE Gyges

June 2025

The Biggest Statistic About AI Water Use Is A Lie
How did it become the main story?
Jun 8 • 
SE Gyges
AI History in Quotes
Each of these presents the clearest, earliest, or most-cited statement of a specific idea in AI.
Jun 7 • 
SE Gyges
What Is AI?
This is an important question because AI is, currently, important.
Jun 4 • 
SE Gyges
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