From Free Lunch to Forced Tribute
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Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson unpack Donald Trump’s “rentier” foreign
policy: Europe bankrolls the Ukraine war while U.S. arms makers cash in,
echoing...
Deep Gratitude
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In my last post, I wrote about all the hate mail I’ve received these past
few days. I even shared a Der-Stürmer-like image of a bloodthirsty,
hook-nosed Or...
Big Institution Changes by 2075
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The last three centuries can be broken into six fifty-year periods, and we
can rank these periods in terms of how much institution/policy change the
West s...
DOE Climate Assessment Report: Feedback
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by Judith Curry A month has passed since the DOE climate assessment report
was published. It’s time to reflect on what we might learn from the
responses...
Labored Daze
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*In the labored daze of AI hype and GDP "growth," few seem to notice the
workforce is tired of being exploited as an uncomplaining resource. *
*"Great Pow...
Back to School
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The first of September is Y’s first day of school this year. She starts in
group 6. Going to school the first day in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020.
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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In 2004, a team of scientists discovered hydrocarbons called anthracene and
pyrene in an amazing structure called the Red Rectangle! Here two stars
2300 li...
Benedict Evans: Why AI Isn’t What You Think
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Benedict Evans has been calling tech shifts for decades. Now he says forget
the hype: AI isn’t the new electricity. It’s the biggest change since the
iPh...
Economics and AI take off
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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI)
and fully general humanoid robotics are just around the corner, or so many
peopl...
Houston, We Have Another Problem
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This follow-up to our earlier report, Houston, We Have a Problem,
identifies a new and deeply concerning signal: excess infant and child
mortality in those...
AI: great expectations
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This time around I decided on a guest column. The guest is a 37 years ago
younger me, and this post is one that I wrote in for Manufacturing
Engineering in...
What have I done?? No doubt a terrible thing!
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I never forgot this cartoon strip that I first encountered in my first year
at La Trobe University, Melbourne, in 1969. I was pleased to recently
rediscove...
Fun things to do with Strava
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Ninety-nine percent of the time, I think of Strava as a running app. But
every now and then, I do something a bit different with it. Here are a few
example...
Sortition? Hmmm…
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I am about to break my indication that I am unlikely to post again until
after Jen’s death. I am bored to death in this Regis joint filled with old
codgers...
Fractured bones, fractured mind
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[image: Two x-rays, one showing lungs, the other showing a displaced and
fractured right clavicle.]Pretty pictures of my broken torso.
Five weeks ago my bi...
AI Safety Course Intro Blog
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I am teaching CS 2881: AI Safety this fall at Harvard. This blog is
primarily aimed at students at Harvard or MIT (where we have a
cross-registering agreem...
Good News Ukraine.
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Sorting out the real situation in the Russo Ukrainian war
https://billkerr1947.github.io/ukraineWar/ “Artillery Conquers, Infantry
Occupies” and drones are...
Papert’s 8 Big Ideas (Lithuanian Translation)
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Translation by Marius Narvilas Aštuonios didžiosios konstrukcionizmo
idÄ—jos Dr Seymour Papert 1999 Pirmoji idÄ—ja – mokytis darant. Visada
išmokstama ger...
Marble Maze Modules
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Beyond the Marble: How Modular Mazes Build Skills and Spark Wonder Building
a marble maze is more than just a fun challenge—it’s a gateway to exploring
a w...
Lifespan extension: separating fact from fiction
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Thinking about longevity practically is a tricky affair. On the one hand,
we have very little definitive knowledge about how to prolong your healthy
years ...
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Building An Inexpensive Robot With micro:bit
I just released the source code and a tutorial on building a remote
controlled robot using the micro:bit.
T...
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