Resources and Inspiration

-
My Moonshot is to develop AI that understands our philosophies, our religions, even our humanity, even better than we do, and in doing this, not only can it help us become better people, but it can learn how to co-exist and empower us to create and spread meaning throughout the universe. 

As an entrepreneur, nothing I do is original. I take inputs, make connections, and create new formulations of what already is. As such, I wish to be as transparent as possible in sharing everything I use for inspiration and resources. 

While I will not go into details publicly at this moment, you will see one hint below as to the specific area where I will be focused for the next two years, due to its direct use of truth searching, behavior influencing, and goal orientation. 

Futurology and Technological Inspiration:
  • Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence, by James Lovelock
  • Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artifical Intelligence, by Max Tegmark
  • Human Compatible: Artifical Intelligence and the Problem of Control, by Stuart Russell
  • Reasons why I feel the time is now: GPT-3 shows it can do this
Explorations of and Indications of Truth: 
  • The Perennial Philosophy, by Aldous Huxley
  • The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings, by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Old Path White Clouds, by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Awakening of the Heart, by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • The Universal Christ, by Richard Rohr

Insights into Influencing Humanity:
  • A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
  • 108 Adages of Wisdom, by Master Sheng Yen
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
  • Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
  • Solve for Happy, by Mo Gawdat
  • The Four Agreements, by Don Manuel Ruiz
  • Peace is Every Breath, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Technical Resources:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Connection, Creation, and Intention

-
If actions involve connection and creation, they are meaningful. If they involve just one, they are meaningful. If none are involved but the action is intentional, it is still meaningful. I have set up this website to be the basis of everything I plan to build moving forward. For the sake of accountability, I am writing this as a blog, though publicizing this leaves me feeling dyspeptic.  Within two years, I will publicly release my first proof of concept. Everything that I do is done with the goal of helping people to live a happier, more creative, and more productive life. But given the stakes, it will be important to focus on this daily. For it's very possible that we are alone in this universe, and that gives us the unique and urgent responsibility to spread connection, creation, and intention beyond us, and beyond our world. But to do that, we must first save ourselves.
Read more

The Pieces Are There

-
There is a growing overlap between philosophy, spirituality, and computer science.  https://thecenter.mit.edu/ The question for me is simple: if there is there such thing as Truth, would AGI not be better equipped to discover and understand it?
Read more