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Rethinking the rest of my days: AI’s impact on life expectancy and financial stability
[Author’s note: the following was researched with the help of various LLMs, but the content was written by me.] When I retired in October 2022, my wife and I put considerable thought and planning into guessing our life expectancy, and therefore our estate, investments, and finances to ensure that we could afford to live comfortably…
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Letting A.I. into the wild accelerates and worsens every other A.I. risk
[Author’s note: I research and write about the impact of AI on the human condition and civilization at large. My specific focus is our rapidly evolving experience of this new technology, the new man-machine interchange, and the altered human-computer relationship. The following is representative of my cautious and sometimes alarming perspective on the risks of…
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In a world gone digital, virtual, and artificial — my quest for authentic analog experience off the grid
Our lives and my life become consumed by virtual experiences. The digital, simulated, artificial, streamed, and recorded consume our attention. Our devices create their own brand of madness. I need solitude, off the grid, with no wifi and no cell signal. These times and places are like private personal treasures and activities that I keep…
