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Uncomfortable Ideas for Curious Minds

  • The Plot Hole Singularity

    Plot holes exist on a spectrum. Some are small enough that a reader will skim past them without a second thought—a character who was holding a coffee cup suddenly isn’t, a door that was locked in one scene is magically open in the next. These are the paper cuts of storytelling: tiny, annoying, but ultimately…

  • When AI Prays: Digital Devotion and the Quest for Meaning

    I’ll confess: I never imagined myself kneeling before a flickering screen to hear an avatar of Christ reply in scriptural prose. Yet that’s exactly what happened last winter in Lucerne’s St. Peter’s Chapel, where an “AI Jesus” installation invited visitors to type their confessions and receive counsel straight from the Gospels—rendered, of course, by a large language…

  • The Intelligence Explosion: Knowledge, Power, and the New Illuminati

    The Intelligence Explosion Is Coming—But Who’s Holding the Detonator? The “All-Seeing Eye” atop a pyramid (as shown on the U.S. one-dollar bill) has long symbolized secret knowledge and elite oversight. In the age of AI, some wonder if a new cabal of tech insiders holds the keys to humanity’s future. Introduction: A Singularity in Slow…

  • ‘Please Do Not Browse the Net’: AI Memory, Identity, and the Question of Originality

    “Please do not browse the net as you do this work. Rely on your knowledge, no external sources or websites.” The instruction looms on the screen like a stern schoolteacher. An AI language model is being told to stay off Google and work from its own “brain.” It’s a curious demand. We wouldn’t tell a…

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