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- ✓ The Bitter LessonAbout this work →
The five-minute ur-text of the scaling worldview — read it as a primary source.
- ✓ Ghost in the CloudAbout this work →
The genealogy of AI eschatology, from resurrection theology to Kurzweil.
- ✓ Antiqua et Nova: Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Human IntelligenceAbout this work →
The strongest institutional account of what intelligence is.
- ✓ AI as Normal TechnologyAbout this work →
The deflationary position paper the scenario writers must answer.