Cycles of Change

Engineering practical systems and exploring the physical world.

The pursuit of artificial superintelligence assumes that human cognition is a sequence of mathematical calculations and pattern recognition. This assumption ignores a fixed boundary in how biological creatures process the physical world. Modern software operates on two distinct frameworks. It uses [...]
Human cooperation fails when groups become too large for direct talk. Small tribes can find common ground through face-to-face meetings. However, the same method breaks down across cities or nations. Communication turns into an unorganized roar of conflicting voices. This noise often results in a [...]