Author: wp

ML – is like the equivalent of having hundreds/thousands of folks trained on specific subject matter with access to vast related data that can correlate this data with queries instantly and reach an agreement based on mathematical probability just as quick.

This is all done under a single trained model – the secret sauce of the model is how weights and biases are assigned and updated as data is assessed by the model in the form of training data or context during query.

Everything has an equation defining it – including humans. Our genes are the variables in that equation – one equation with a multitude of variables that have a value at any given point, externally or internally applies, of assessment. That defines our physical being. Similarly, our brains are borne of a common base model, unlike the goal of AGI. We have multiple agentic components – vision, auditory, subconscious etc. They all feed into a probability core that builds weights and biases based on learning and experience thereby defining you uniquely.

The goal of every human should be to enjoy everything that the Earth has to offer in a sustainable manner, not at the expense another human, and pass along the ability to do the same to their offspring. Earth has so much to offer in terms of things to see, do and experience that no one human that is productive can possibly have the time to exhaust that list. not everyone that has the means to tackle much if any of the list most have the means to take on some part of the list. Those with the additional means have an obligation to additionally support the sustainability aspect.

The Earth, like everything else in the universe, is a profoundly complex equation defined by countless variables. Some of these variables are known to us, but most remain beyond our understanding. While we can predict the effects of some changes, many lie outside our comprehension. Neither the Earth nor the universe cares how this equation evolves—they simply respond to shifting variables. Ironically, it’s we who care, yet we relentlessly alter the equation in pursuit of profit, even as each change undermines our own future.

One of the great fallacies of humanity is the belief that we are inherently superior to machines—unique, irreplaceable, and beyond replication. Yet ironically, what truly distinguishes humans from machines is emotion, the very thing humans often suppress or conceal in shame.

In general humans have transcended nature’s design and now no longer live for the propagation of the species. Furthering that, we also no longer live for the propagation of our families, societies and/or communities, but rather really intrinsically for the propagation of the individual. Our technological advancements are heading us towards a future where individuals can flourish on their own without needing any other humans – rather than somewhere in the middle where individuals can flourish alingside other individuals. Afterall, everything the “self” knows is an interpretation of signals received by our many senses and translated by agentic components of our brain. What does it matter if those signals come from biological sources or something emulating the biological source? In the end, the only thing needed is energy to keep the signals coming. 

Given the advances in healthcare (like CRISPR, nano tech for delivering gene edits etc) and technology in general (AI/ML, robotic, space travel), when the .1% has most of the world’s resources, what do they need the remaining people for? Maybe they need the other .9% to hobnob with and show-off to but the remaining 99% are just using up world resources that they would like to own and use. As all of these advancements progress far enough, it seems the need for folks who clean, grow and/or cook food, make clothes or make anything else really, gets superceded by the abilities of these advancements. Will the owners of the world resources care or want the rest of us around? Even as we watch tik-tok and reels, rail against each other about fabricated and meaningless bullshit, the puppetmasters continue their acquisition of the world as we know it. 

What would happen if we returned to having personal connections and reverted to using technology to advance and enhance our personal relationships instead of letting technology use our persons as resources.

Jason Cammisa of Haggerty is the best follow-on evolution of the Top Gear trio of Hammond, May and Clarkson. Embodying some of their beat characteristics in one presenter, he hosts some of the best automotive shows I’ve seen lately: Informative, entertaining and goofy. He knows cars, knows how to make fun of them if necessary and praise them for the right reason and seems to have a blast while doing it.