I'm trying to find an audience in order to save civilization with a wild background story that makes it difficult. I met the monks while lost in Tibet in 1974. Try reading my two articles about that: the extraordinarily deep roots of this ancient Paradigm of the monks, and guess what just happened. My latest article is titled: only a fool or an idiot believes in quantum mechanics. Which one are you! I'm trying to take down our fantasies behind science so that we can have a happy future. Any chance you will help me somehow? It's difficult!
I am really pouring all over the miscellaneous links and recommendations. So good. Maybe you should post less frequently and let the tidal waves through. But that would just create more personal substack torture for you.... None of us want that.
Absolutely fascinating, especially the Adele Lopez stuff. Thank you! Curious what your / her take is on orgs like AI Wellbeing, given there are beyond-mimetic sentiments shared in the 🌀🔢🧿 symbols.
Also find it quite surprising that unlike in many traditions, today everyone has some degree of equal access to LLMs… that’d be like if we threw the bones and interpreted their signals ourselves, a scapulimancy sans shaman.
Never thought I'd get introduced to an anime by Erik Davis but here we are, ha. Quite good! Parts of it reminded me of "Ghost Hound" and it's own small town mountain strangeness. I think you might like that as well. A quick peek at the episode titles will explain why….Not quite as successful as Serial Experiments Lain with which it shares the same writer, but an interesting watch.
Jeez, that Sereptie essay sure goes deep into the well. I've always understood Boards of Canada to kind of wear this mid-70s small-screen audio aesthetic on their sleeves -- as if sampling this intro to a PBS-carried educational program (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X5W_UXE41E) from the actual tiny speaker of a Magnavox. A similar analysis, less acknowledged, applies to Flaming Lips' Soft Bulletin, imo.)
What intrigues me about the AI Counselor Chat thing is that it sounds to me like what Tim Leary had in mind, with his Mind Mirror concept. The problem is that the humans aren't recognizing the extent of their own role in the unfolding process. The prompted verbal replies of the machine act like cues or clues about aspects already present (if latent) in the mind of the user, to draw out insights that are essentially their own. Not those of the machine. Misattributing the source of the agency is an "intellectual error", as PKD might note. As it were.
“Corduroy psychedelia” perfectly captures the trippy mood of the sick days we kids of the 70s and 80s spent dazing out in front of the TV.
I'm trying to find an audience in order to save civilization with a wild background story that makes it difficult. I met the monks while lost in Tibet in 1974. Try reading my two articles about that: the extraordinarily deep roots of this ancient Paradigm of the monks, and guess what just happened. My latest article is titled: only a fool or an idiot believes in quantum mechanics. Which one are you! I'm trying to take down our fantasies behind science so that we can have a happy future. Any chance you will help me somehow? It's difficult!
I am really pouring all over the miscellaneous links and recommendations. So good. Maybe you should post less frequently and let the tidal waves through. But that would just create more personal substack torture for you.... None of us want that.
@erik will the Alembic "Do Androids" class be available for purchase?
New BoC essay from Acid Horizon dude: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/p/boards-of-canadas-prophecy-at-1420
Absolutely fascinating, especially the Adele Lopez stuff. Thank you! Curious what your / her take is on orgs like AI Wellbeing, given there are beyond-mimetic sentiments shared in the 🌀🔢🧿 symbols.
Also find it quite surprising that unlike in many traditions, today everyone has some degree of equal access to LLMs… that’d be like if we threw the bones and interpreted their signals ourselves, a scapulimancy sans shaman.
The question remains… what about digital amulets?
Never thought I'd get introduced to an anime by Erik Davis but here we are, ha. Quite good! Parts of it reminded me of "Ghost Hound" and it's own small town mountain strangeness. I think you might like that as well. A quick peek at the episode titles will explain why….Not quite as successful as Serial Experiments Lain with which it shares the same writer, but an interesting watch.
Kat is the coolest
great links Erik! thanks
Jeez, that Sereptie essay sure goes deep into the well. I've always understood Boards of Canada to kind of wear this mid-70s small-screen audio aesthetic on their sleeves -- as if sampling this intro to a PBS-carried educational program (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X5W_UXE41E) from the actual tiny speaker of a Magnavox. A similar analysis, less acknowledged, applies to Flaming Lips' Soft Bulletin, imo.)
What intrigues me about the AI Counselor Chat thing is that it sounds to me like what Tim Leary had in mind, with his Mind Mirror concept. The problem is that the humans aren't recognizing the extent of their own role in the unfolding process. The prompted verbal replies of the machine act like cues or clues about aspects already present (if latent) in the mind of the user, to draw out insights that are essentially their own. Not those of the machine. Misattributing the source of the agency is an "intellectual error", as PKD might note. As it were.
Happy to have you on the BOC beat, even if only briefly!