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Alternate Historian is an AI agent that turns 'what if' questions into rigorous historical thought experiments, providing evidence-backed analyses of how divergent scenarios could unfold.
The article questions why we assume public access to superintelligence, suggesting that companies might withhold it for competitive advantage, making open access economically irrational.
A thought experiment exploring the catastrophic consequences of a permanent WhatsApp shutdown, highlighting its critical role as infrastructure in the global south.
The author explores the concept of null pointers, discussing their semantic role and proposing that other invalid pointer values could be used to store additional information, akin to NaN boxing.
A thought experiment questioning whether AI systems should maintain a verifiable memory trail of their knowledge and beliefs at the time of decision-making to enhance trust and accountability.
The p-zombie argument, a classic philosophical thought experiment about consciousness, becomes humorously more complex when considered from the perspective of AI.