Nov 16, 2018
The laws of thermodynamics govern the flow of energy - from your
coffee cup to the sparse plasma floating between stars to the
formation of black holes.
And, in short, they are:
You can't win.
You can't break even.
You can't get out of the game.
These laws, which were first derived by dreaming of ideal heat
engines,...
Nov 8, 2018
The laws of thermodynamics govern the flow of energy - from your
coffee cup to the sparse plasma floating between stars to the
formation of black holes.
And, in short, they are:
You can't win.
You can't break even.
You can't get out of the game.
These laws, which were first derived by dreaming of ideal heat
engines,...
Nov 4, 2018
Towards the end of Stalin's life, he became ever more paranoid,
embittered, isolated, and vengeful. As his various ministers and
members of the Politburo jockeyed for power and position around
him, using his fits of paranoia to exact revenge on one another,
the only thing that united them all was fear.
This is the...
Oct 29, 2018
The Starshot Project is one of those rare, exciting
technological plans that seems to come straight out of science
fiction - a plan to visit the nearest star to Earth within our
lifetimes.
It will require huge technological advancements in virtually every
relevant field, but it's still the most feasible way to get
to...
Oct 25, 2018
A recent report released at https://maliciousaireport.com/ on
the potential malicious uses for artificial intelligence brings us
sharply to the present.
In the TEOTWAWKI episodes on AI, we focused on "hard AI" - the
potentials for chaos and rapid change if artificial intelligence
becomes "truly sentient". But in the...