Results for “Deep Thinking”

…ons to 2035 assume that rising shale gas production will offset declines in almost every other gas category (see p. 7). Deep sea gas reserves are a potential positive, but marginal costs may be an issue. As for shale gas exploration and radium (naturally occurring and surfaced in...

…istinct possibility) and almost all the resources— atoms and free energy—to sustain civilization in the long run are in deep space. Eric Drexler, the inventor of nanotechnology, has recently been popularizing the 74 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016294

…omputers and the Internet. He would be happy that the early neural nets in which he played a role have spawned powerful deep-learning systems that exhibit the perceptual ability he demanded of them—although he might not be impressed that one of the most prominent examples of such...

…s, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015992

…me was that this century is special: it’s the first when one species, ours, has the planet’s future in its hands. We’re deep in an era that’s called the anthropocene. We have huge powers for good. We could trigger the transition from biological to electronic intelligences. But, o...

…t’s the fix-all, and you artfully create a constant distraction that prevents you from seeing just how pointless it is. Deep down, you know it’s all an illusion, but with everyone participating in the same game of make-believe, it’s easy to forget. The problem is more than money...

…, we should make sure it’s what Al-safety pioneer Eliezer Yudkowsky has termed “friendly AI’—AI whose goals are in some deep sense beneficial. The moral question of what these goals should be is just as urgent as the technical questions about goal alignment. For example, what so...

…to the very limits of endurance. On one series of exercises, we were limited to a single canteen of water as we trekked deep into the Negev Desert. It was gruelling, designed to push us to the very limits of endurance. I remember the first time Errol set eyes on me after I joined...

…phy — plays a significant role in determining how nations will behave. If that theory is true, then there ought to be a deep continuity in a nation's foreign policy. Israel is a laboratory for this theory, since it has existed in three different manifestations in roughly the same...

…rth Vietnam overran Saigon. This Vietnam history is a caution against premature optimism about diplomatic solutions to deeply embedded conflicts, such as the one in Afghanistan. But the fact remains, as is so often stated, that there is no military solution to such conflicts. Th...

… Internet solicitation can be considered interstate commerce, so can telephone solicitation, permitting them to begin a deep dive investigation into Epstein’s friends, many of whom receive subpoenas and are threatened with prosecution. It’s all quite in the eye of the beholder:...

… chairman, received millions lobbying for Russia’s largest bank and the European Center for a Modern Ukraine, both with deep Kremlin ties. The Clinton Foundation and Bill Clinton took millions from Kremlin-connected businesses. No evidence has emerged of Trump-Russia collusion,...

…Goertzel to his beloved, departed grandfather, Leo Zwell — an amazingly warm-hearted, giving human being who was also a deep thinker and excellent scientist, who got Ben started on the path of science. As a careful experimentalist, Leo would have been properly skeptical of the bi...

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…sponse to grant applications • Establish a Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation, which serves to demonstrate the deep knowledge base you draw on and attracts the best scientists to apply • Sets out quantifiable long term targets, i.e. the Gates Foundation target to eradica...