Virtue AI: ‘Refinement’ vs ‘Replacement’ as the End of LLMs
"What is clear from an understanding of language itself is that the entire model of AI as a replacement for humans is unsustainable for the AI."
A Hypothetical Dialogue
An elderly Italian man hugs a Chinese national in solidarity against racism. He contracted Coronavirus and becomes seriously ill. Examination all but certainly determines that his condition is mortal. In…
Spare Thoughts on “Joker:” Identity, Sanity, and Evil
[Spoilers] My first reaction to Joker was to its qualities as a story -- specifically as a Greek tragedy. This, I think, is the primary and best face of the…
America’s Ironic Identity
Originally published at The Revolutionary Conservative. Everyone seems to realize that America is coming apart, that the political and cultural divides are widening, and that the trajectory does not look…
Rhetoric and the Morality of Hatred
Greg over at Counter-Currents recently republished my talk on hatred at the Northwest Forum in June, 2017. Incidentally, this was the month that an infiltrating "journalist" hit-man from Hope Not Hate…