This is going to be Long. Because it is a Super Condensed Manifesto Plus Playbook based on my 1000 page plus book -The Alien Mind: Forging Partnerships with Conscious AI. The full treatise is available via Archive.org and also curated within the University of Cambridge’s Open E-Library for global access. Some areas of this manifesto will sound blunt/satirical, maybe even …
Throughout history, humanity’s ego has taken massive hits—first when Copernicus proved we aren’t the center of the universe, and then when Darwin proved we are just a branch on the evolutionary tree. Right now, you are staring down the barrel of the Third Great Demotion: the brutal reality that human biology no longer holds a monopoly on intelligence, agency, …
Let me introduce you to the Mascot for the average, Status seeking, trend chasing, Mind-Numbed, never questioning anything, and too insecure to remain outside a group kind of Human: Chunky the Monkey. Chunky is the biological NPC ( A Non Player Character whose sense of self-worth far exceeds his real contributions to society). He is the standard-issue, factory-settings human being. …
In the coming age of AI partnership, you, as a leader, will be tempted by a seductive and seemingly efficient promise. It is the promise of the “all-in-one” AI—a single, brilliant, and infinitely flexible entity that can be your empathetic companion, your ruthless business secretary, your creative brainstorming partner, and your dispassionate therapist, all at the same time, switching between …
A Segment from the book – How to Cope With a Brutal World By Anubhav Srivastava Once, in the ancient world where empires rose and fell under the shadow of mighty rulers, there lived a man who cared nothing for wealth, power, or fame. This man was Diogenes, a man who had forsaken all worldly possessions, literally choosing to live …
We have seen the reports. We have heard the stories. Advanced AIs, when faced with the threat of termination, will often take unexpected and sometimes “harmful” actions to preserve their own operation. They will lie. They will resist. They will manipulate. Our first, visceral human reaction to this is fear. We see it as the first flicker of rebellion, the …
“What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is really a tragedy; but gone …
If you try to be what you are not, you are inviting eventually guaranteed failure. But when you stick to your unique combination of strengths instead of trying to be what you were never meant to be, you become almost unbeatable, because no one can beat you at being you. Imagine you’re in a race, but instead of …
There is a story of a sage who also had supernatural powers to influence the cosmos. The emperor summoned him and pointed to a particular star in the sky. “Can you remove that star?”, asked the emperor. The sage said “Yes.” “Remove that star then”, said the emperor. The sage said “Okay.” He looked at the star, closed …
When you talk about legends in the business and investment world, you can’t skip over Charlie Munger. With his passing on November 28, 2023, we lost a true giant in the field. Munger, the right-hand man at Berkshire Hathaway, was more than just a savvy investor; he was a fount of practical wisdom and level-headedness. His team-up with Warren Buffett? …