Daily Archives: 2 November 2025

Is That What Makes Me Human?

I have been reading the recently published book AI and the Art of Being Human by Jeffrey Abbott and Andrew Maynard. I found it a fascinating – and indeed optimistic – book, which prompted a lot of reflection, although not … Continue reading Continue reading

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What I Read In October

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert: Shibboleth A campus novel for the febrile age of social media warfare, Peermohamed skewers the modern obsession with identity politics, and how intellectually overstuffed but emotionally immature undergraduates exploit modish ideas of Diversity and Inclusion for their … Continue reading Continue reading

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Who’s Afraid of Artificial Intelligence?

What follows is a review of Eliezer Yudkowsky & Nate Soares: If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies – it was going to be part of my monthly book blog but the review got so long I felt it should have … Continue reading Continue reading

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