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The Coordination You Cannot See
By: John F GroomWhy a Movie and an Epic Novel Solve Opposite Versions of the Same ProblemA DataUniversa ArticleAsk which requires more coordination: a major motion picture or a novel. The answer seem...
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From Silos to Connected Intelligence
By: John F GroomWhat Electricity and the Internet Teach Us About the Path to Connected AIIntroduction: AI May Be Earlier in Its Development Than It AppearsArtificial intelligence already appears extr...
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The Human Amplification Paradox
By: John F GroomWhen Imperfect People Control Perfect MachinesA MyUniversa White PaperOne of the strangest features of technological progress is that technologies themselves can become extraordinaril...
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The Things Technology Makes More Valuable
By: John F GroomWhy AI and Automation May Increase the Value of the Human, Physical and RealA MyUniversa White PaperTechnological progress is usually described in terms of what technology makes possi...
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The Accidental Digital Landlords: How Tiny Countries Came to Own Pieces of the Internet
By: John F GroomSome of the most valuable pieces of Internet real estate were not invented by technology companies, purchased by venture capitalists, or created by governments pursuing sophisticated...
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The First Cause: Intelligence, Agency, and the Difference Between AI and Life
By: John F GroomThe debate over whether artificial intelligence "thinks" may be focused on the wrong distinction. Large language models generate language probabilistically, producing one token after...
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Does AI Think?
By: John F GroomOne of the most common explanations of large language models is that they do not really think. They merely predict the next word, or more precisely, the next token. Give an LLM some t...
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The Aircraft That Never Goes to the Hangar
By: John F GroomA hummingbird weighs only a few grams. Within those few grams are an aircraft, propulsion system, navigation system, computer, vision system, fuel system, fuel-acquisition system, tem...
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Innovation. Revolution. Good Enough. Stop.
By: John F GroomWe tend to think of technological progress as a continuous process. Invent something. Improve it. Improve it again. Make it faster, cheaper, smaller and more powerful. Repeat indefini...
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Air Travel Is an Old Miracle
By: John F GroomAir travel is a miracle. But it is an old miracle. We solved the spectacular problem of moving hundreds of people safely through the sky at roughly 550 miles per hour decades ago. Sin...
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