Finishing my PhD…

After plugging away at it for four years, I FINALLY submitted my PhD thesis late last night. 

TL;DR, it’s about the role of contemporary science fiction as a kind of model, whether that’s technology companies using it as a blueprint for commercial ventures or texts acting as a more critical tool for stress testing systems.

Data Center 2035: Sam Altman and “Intellectual Capacity”

Is AI getting “smarter”? Are we getting more stupid? Last week, Sam Altman suggested that a single AI data center will be “smarter than the current total intellectual capacity on earth” in 2035. There’s a lot to unpack there…