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Let’s say the Sumerians were gifted strong AI, simply as an exogenous shock to a historical model.  Could they put it to much use?  Electricity would be one immediate problem, but not the only problem. Or give strong AI to a caveman. Thomas Edison had electricity, but how much could he do with strong AI?  […] The post Strong AI and the O-Ring model...

Here is the underlying John-Burn Murdoch FT piece, pointer here.  And a text excerpt: Ruxandra Teslo, one of a growing community of progress-focused writers at the nexus of science, economics and policy, argues that the growing scepticism around technology and the rise in zero-sum thinking in modern society is one of the defining ideological challenges […] The post We need more talk of progress...

The subtitle is How German-Speaking Scientists and Engineers Invented the Modern World, And What We Can Learn from Them .  This is a 5501 (!) pp. work, published on-line.  I haven’t read it yet.  By Todd H. Rider.  It’s probably good. The post *Forgotten Creators* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to murmur. What is your ethnic background? Let the ... by...