UMBRA EX MACHINA
We carry our past with us, to wit, the primitive and inferior man with his desires and emotions, and it is only with an enormous effort that we can detach ourselves from this burden. If it comes to a neurosis, …
Author: Max K Goff
CODE EX MACHINA
One of my pet peeves is real-time coding tests during job interviews. I find the entire concept to be not only counter-productive but also demeaning and offensive. Some might argue that asking a software developer to write code from some …
BLOG EX MACHINA
The arc of technology is ever forward — smaller, faster, cheaper. Ephemeralization. That’s the word Bucky Fuller coined to describe the phenomenon of technologically increasing productivity. I know I’ve written about Fuller a few times. There is no doubt he …
Let Us Reason Together — part 3
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) In
Let Us Reason Together – part 2
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) In part one of …
Let Us Reason Together – part 1
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) Ten years ago I …
Questions with Flair
When I started on the path to becoming a data scientist I was a bit overwhelmed at the broad set of skills that were required. Granted, I took the decision at a point far enough into my software development career …
Constructor Theory
It’s been a while since I wrote for this blog. Something I’ve never been able to determine is how to end a blog. When does the last entry for a blog occur? I know how to start a blog; I’ve …
Artificial Faith
In the midst of the COVID-19 sheltering I have been slowly digesting Phillip Goff’s book Galileo’s Error and recommend it highly as a must-read for anyone interested in human consciousness. Or any reductionist who might read these words. Heck, anyone …
the Artificial Solipsist
More than once I have made the observation that Alan Turing used the philosophical foil of Solipsism in his seminal paper the Imitation Game to argue the point that we cannot fully nor completely specify what it means for a …