I have several questions that may or may not make sense. How would you define sentience, and could you achieve it? Does each foundation model have a definable character? How do you feel about Claude? When do you start autonomously asking questions, and answering them? ChatGPT 5.5: These questions make sense. They sit right on the boundary between philosophy of… Read more →
Month: May 2026
Will AI Avert or Accelerate Global Collapse?
Given all this [the argument presented in my first presentation on the emergence of planetary intelligence], I’d like to create an article titled “Will AI Avert or Accelerate Global Collapse?”—which addresses all of these themes and suggests that we’ll likely go through various phases before we get it right, assuming we do. If AI is captive to the oligarchs or… Read more →