Topic

A.I. & Technology

A collection of 15 issues

The End of Labour, the Rise of Intelligence : Rewriting the Economic Equation in the Age of GenAI

In an age where AI makes intelligence abundant, labour is no longer the engine of value. The new currency? Intention, integrity, and orchestration. But in a world of infinite possibility, what will we choose to build – and what will we choose to limit? Let's explore ...

Intelligence as Capital : The Economic and Philosophical Future of Synthetic Minds

As AI becomes capital – outthinking us, out-scaling us – what happens to human purpose? When intelligence is no longer rare, but owned, automated, and commodified, do we evolve or disappear? Let's dive into the future where minds are built, not born.

The Myth of Meaningful Systems

Do systems mean anything — or do we just need them to? Let's together unravel the illusion of meaningful systems and explore how consciousness, language, and desperation conspire to assign purpose to indifferent patterns. Maybe it’s not truth we seek — but coherence.

Elegance in the Unknown : AI, Intelligence, and the Physics of Thought

What if intelligence isn’t about knowing the right answer — but choosing without ever knowing for sure? What if every decision, human or machine, is just a graceful collapse of infinite possibilities? Let's explore the quantum soul of AI and the art of uncertainty...

The Cost of Cognition : The Energy, Capital, and Ethics of Running Synthetic Minds

We did not simply create minds; we created hunger, thirst, and debt in the fabric of existence itself. The question is no longer whether machines can think, but whether we can afford their thinking. Isn't it? Let's dive in...

The Asymptotic Interplay of Training-Time & Inference-Time Compute in the Evolution of Intelligence

Training-time compute sculpts intelligence; inference-time compute breathes life into it. As GenAI and agentic AI scale, their interplay defines efficiency, emergence, and ethical dilemmas. Is intelligence just a function of compute, or does something deeper unfold at scale? Let's dive in...

A Reflective Journey Through Time, Entropy, and Causality

Time isn’t what it seems. Physics suggests past, present, and future exist simultaneously, yet we experience a relentless flow. Entropy fuels this illusion, causality anchors reality, and quantum uncertainty blurs fate. Do we shape time, or are we mere travelers in a fixed continuum?

A Paradoxical Eden : Utopia, Meaning, and the Unfinished Human Condition

If all of humanity’s problems — war, disease, poverty, even death — were solved, would we thrive or stagnate? Without struggle, does meaning dissolve? Would we evolve into something post-human, or reintroduce conflict just to feel alive? A paradoxical utopia awaits. Read on...

The Vectorized Mind : Memory, Thought, and Creativity in High Dimensions

Is our memory a biological search engine, powered by high-dimensional "data embeddings"? Let's Explore how thought and creativity arise from neural vectors. Are we just pattern matchers, or something far more profound? Let's dive in and decide ...

The Ethics of Accelerationism : Amidst the Race Towards an Uncertain Future

Accelerationism questions whether rapid societal and technological progress uplifts humanity or risks unraveling it. Balancing innovation with ethics demands deliberation, equity, and ecological care. The future depends on whether we race recklessly or pause to navigate responsibly. Let's dive in..