Tag: Machine Learning

  • Sometimes it Really is “different this time”.

    Sometimes it Really is “different this time”.

    High flying stocks like NVIDIA have caused much debate over whether we are due for a crash. I had a discussion with a software engineer about the current A.I. boom in a tech savvy slack group. He believes that while NVIDA and other stocks are probably not immune to moderate corrections, the secular trend will…

  • Theoretical Demons

    Theoretical Demons

    Descarte’s malicious demon, then Laplace’s demon, now Roko’s basilisk. Humans have a history of giving monstrous names to theoretical technology. The first monster here was dreamt up by Rene Descartes, famous French enlightenment philosopher, came up with the theory of an illusion that takes over all senses. This demon-created mirage, would be indistinguishable from reality…