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The Golem War

By Raelifin | Published: June 20, 2011

Here is the expanded version (still not what I would consider an “entertaining” level of detail) of a sci-fi plot I talked about on Twitter. I’m thinking it might work well as interactive fiction. Please let me know if it’s too ambiguous or there’s something you don’t like or whatever. – Part 1 – Julio, [...]

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The Ideal Choice

By Raelifin | Published: March 27, 2011

In Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman there’s a part where Feynman is getting reimbursement for having flown to San Fransisco to be on a state board to decide the books they’d use in schools…

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One Genius or Two Normals

By Raelifin | Published: December 7, 2010

Let’s say you have a puzzle. Who would you rather hire to solve it: two strangers from the street-corner or an intellectual giant (Einstein, Da Vinci, whomever). Let’s say that this puzzle relates to cutting-edge science and technology. How many people of average intellect equal one genius?

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AGI Braindump Sept 2010

By Raelifin | Published: September 20, 2010

I wrote this up for someone who was interested in my thoughts on Artificial General Intelligence, and I thought I’d post it here as a kind of time capsule to show the state of my mind right now. If anyone has any questions or answers, please leave a comment. ^_^ With regard to AI, it’s [...]

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The Problem with Sci-Fi

By Raelifin | Published: August 27, 2010

WARNING: Rant ahead. Turn back now, or face my blabbering! I have a problem with science fiction: it’s too pessimistic. I don’t mean this in a “dystopian” sense, either. I mean that visions of the future are haphazard in what technologies exist, and what people will need to do to survive. In the future, treadmills [...]

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