Look Ma, No Hands!

Look Ma, No Hands!

Knowledge is Not Intelligence.

Or How To Avoid the Black Holes.

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B. Earl
Feb 19, 2025
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I recently watched an older video clip of Jack Ma and Elon Musk interviewing each other. The awkwardness of the two already awkward individuals was challenging to get through. But what struck me was that Elon was so focused on the future while Jack was focused on the present. The tension that these differing viewpoints brought was a perfect foil for each other and made me think deeply about how we map human experience versus intelligent design.

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