Month: March 2016
Transcendence
I just watched the movie transcendence… So good! They took some artistic liberties with the AI… Humans will be many orders of magnitude outclassed by a true strong AI within day of it reaching human level intelligence.
Beverly Hills Hotel School Fundraiser
Stock Market Gyrations
The stock market has been very hard to predict lately. It is at a pretty high point, but I am worried inflation might set in and it might go yet higher. I am also concerned it could crash. I am unsure what would be best to invest in at this point.
AI Defeats Go World Champ
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence defeats the Go world champion far sooner than anyone had predicted. https://mobile.twitter.com/mustafasuleymn/status/707469083458068480. Go is a far more challenging game then chess. At this point AI can outthink humans at most specialized domains, the next area will be general intelligence. I give it 3-5 years, though most experts say 20-40 years.
Moto at Home
I could never figure out what this app on my phone did really…. Ever night it would just say “Moto at Home is Working For You”. Discovered tonight that it muted all night time activities including calls. How did I discover this? Joshua Gross stood outside and called me 28 times in a row unsuccessfully trying to wake me up to let him inside!… read more “Moto at Home”
Disappointed
Yesterday, I learned that some of my former team members poached clients and employees for Coalition. I was really disappointed to learn that because I thought these were good honest people. I am now going to have to send my lawyer to enforce the agreements that these guys signed and that the clients signed not to poach.… read more “Disappointed”