“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
Well, he did it. Stanislaw Lem just blew my hair back with his "137 seconds" short story. He basically invented ChatGTP with it, invoked the words "Ghost in the Machine" and postulated a time period for an omniscient consciousness constrained within ARPANet by the mysterious number 137. Pure genius! :)
QUICK REFERENCE The term first used by the English philosopher Gilbert Ryle (1900–76) on page 17 of his book The Concept of Mind (1949) to describe the dogma of mind-body dualism, which he interpreted as a category mistake.
You'd be the expert. I don't even know who van Vogt is/was.
"The science fiction writer, A.E. van Vogt first coined the term “nexialist” – someone who was trained in “integrated science and thought.” A nexialist was able to see the connections between different disciplines that others could not see, was skilled in conflict resolution and had an uncanny ability to get people to solve complex problems and work together for the common good. That sums up what a great link builder can bring to a team."
Well, he did it. Stanislaw Lem just blew my hair back with his "137 seconds" short story. He basically invented ChatGTP with it, invoked the words "Ghost in the Machine" and postulated a time period for an omniscient consciousness constrained within ARPANet by the mysterious number 137. Pure genius! :)
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The term first used by the English philosopher Gilbert Ryle (1900–76) on page 17 of his book The Concept of Mind (1949) to describe the dogma of mind-body dualism, which he interpreted as a category mistake.
Yap.
ReplyDeleteAll other sci-fi writers looking like counterfeits, in compare. isn't it?
In "details", yes.
ReplyDeleteAlso with depth behind it.
ReplyDeleteOnly comarable from your hemisphere... van Vogt, I think.
With his "neczialism"?
You'd be the expert. I don't even know who van Vogt is/was.
ReplyDelete"The science fiction writer, A.E. van Vogt first coined the term “nexialist” – someone who was trained in “integrated science and thought.” A nexialist was able to see the connections between different disciplines that others could not see, was skilled in conflict resolution and had an uncanny ability to get people to solve complex problems and work together for the common good. That sums up what a great link builder can bring to a team."
Yes, I suppose this describes Lem as well.
\\You'd be the expert. I don't even know who van Vogt is/was.
ReplyDeleteWell... there is no movies by his works. Though his Space Biggle is quite fit for a screen.
"More sophisticate weapon from a more noble times"(c)
To take full advantage of the right I’ve been given to have three wishes come true, I shall start with a plain impossibility, and shall finish by plumbing the depths to produce the most impossible wish imaginable.
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My first wish is fairly modest. It involves the gradual elimination of telling lies in political and public life. Lying flourishes in both democratic and totalitarian states – in the former lies are given the same rights as the truth, and in the latter the government propagates them, with censorship in a supporting role. My wish can be fulfilled without directly infringing on these circumstances. All that’s needed is a two-way connection between public lie-telling and the liar. As a result, they will reveal their intentions to the community they’re trying to deceive.
Would half-truth's pass Lem's "lie detectors"? Our newspapers today "live" by them.
ReplyDeleteI think he would be appaled... by your modern Post-Truth.
ReplyDeleteWell... it nothing like he'd not be able to predict it.
But surely... will not like it.