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Creativity & Thought Processes

A collection of 14 issues

The Anatomy of Intelligence in GenAI Systems

I find myself often grappling with a question that seems deceptively simple yet endlessly complex : What does it mean for a machine to be intelligent? For those of us knee-deep in the development of Generative AI (GenAI) systems, it’s a question we return to again and again. Intelligence is

Between the Dream and the Deed : A Symphony of Infinite Becoming

I stand at a crossroads — no map, no compass, just the faintest echoes of the footsteps I’ve taken thus far. Each path offers its own torment: on one side, the allure of the dream, on the other, the burden of action. Both repulse me, in their own way. Dreaming

Self-Referential Thinking : The Paradox of the Mind Staring at Itself

Self-referential thinking is both the mind’s gift and its curse — an intellectual mirror of absurdity, paradox, and revelation. It is the mind that, while capable of infinite depths of introspection, can also easily drown in the waters of its own reflections. From ancient philosophy to modern artificial intelligence, self-referential

Embracing the Fire : A Journey into Intellectual Isolation, Madness, and Redemption

In Elias Canetti’s Auto-da-Fé, we meet Peter Kien, a towering figure of erudition, a man so deeply entrenched in his world of books that the outside world becomes little more than a nuisance, a noisy disruption to his intellectual paradise. His sprawling library — his sanctuary — sustains him, comforts him,