Spot the Bot Can You Detect Deep Fakes? Would you like to challenge yourself? Can you detect deep fakes? Try it yourself and then see the results of the first study on the subject.
Convergence Ritual virtual lunch dates Eating together is one of life's great pleasures. Let's not miss out on it just because we happen to work from home
Spot the Bot deepfake detection checklist – basics You suspect an image might have been generated by an AI. What should you check for?
Spot the Bot After "uncanny" is "undetectable" Toto, I've got a feeling we are not in the uncanny valley anymore
World Problematique Even simple problems are now insoluble Consider the case of Daylight Savings Time (DST). It goofs up everyone in its grip. It costs billions. It even kills people: speeding, late for work or driving, under slept. It confuses entire nations. We try to turn it off, yet every year it evades eradication merely by requiring that
Convergence Ritual Zulu is World Time – Let's GoZulu About one billion people interact daily with someone on another continent. In our increasingly global lives, agreeing on WHEN is ever more a problem...
Toward Alignment they sleep at our throats Humans and dogs have co-evolved. Our funny fur buddies have fangs which can end us. We can confuse them with a blanket. We are at peace with them. We are partners. Heck, we love one another. We overwhelm them at tests of IQ and the ability to unpack emojis. Yet
Convergence Ritual one-on-one mind melds Two people alone, having a conversation, is an essential and very special thing – let's acknowledge the Vulcans and call it Mind Melding.
Convergence Ritual rate adaptation If, when we collaborate with one another, we notice that the interactions are producing favourable results then we might experiment with increasing the frequency of interactions and the promptness of our responses. If the channels that we are using are asynchronous, for instance mail, then augmenting with more synchronous chat
Language Games What was "Who's On First"? [WIP] The timeless classic "Who's on First" was a skit, a bit, a routine – and those are language games. Were any real assertions about a guy named "Who" being made? What did that routine contribute to our knowledge of the world?
Spot the Bot deepfake detection checklist – subtle You really want to know whether an image is AI generated but it is far from obvious...
Spot the Bot deepfake detection checklist – boss level There is no point publishing this for bots to find, so sorry, this information is for human eyes only...
Presentation Bootstrapping the Noosphere bootstrap (BOOT-strap) verb: Start something complex with minimal outside help. no·o·sphere (NOH-uh-sfeer) noun: The global fusion of mind and machine which is emerging from the biosphere.
Convergence Ritual solidarity among humans [WIP] We aren't like them -- them corporations, parties, ideologies, movements, nations, fads and teams. They aren't human and don't need blue skies, clean water, safe food and a future good for babies.