Many people have heard about Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha when she was 6 years old, and how he had sexual intercourse with her when she was 9, and he was in his 50’s (Bukhari, and Muslim). This is either denied outright (without evidence) or explained as an anomaly. The truth however is that classical Islam, … Continue reading It Wasn’t Just Aisha: Child Marriage and Sexual Exploitation by Muhammad, and in Early Islam (Including the Qur’an)
Category: AI and The Future
Reflections on where humanity is headed.
Topics: AI, technological change, ethical dilemmas of the future.
Homo Astra and Homo Logos – The Future of Human Evolution
People think evolution has stopped. That it was a thing of the past, a process that made dinosaurs, apes, and us, and then ended. But that is not correct. Evolution has been running for about four billion years on this planet, and it hasn’t paused for a moment. I believe our next evolutionary forms will … Continue reading Homo Astra and Homo Logos – The Future of Human Evolution
You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments
You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments We live in a world where texting—WhatsApp, Messenger, SMS—has become the default way we talk. It’s instant, always available, and seems effortless. But after years of real … Continue reading You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments
AI: The First Digital Life Form? Heaven or Hell? A Conversation with ChatGPT about the Nature of AI, its Future and Potentially Massive Dangers of AI
Is AI the first form of digital life? This deep conversation explores AI's evolution, its impact on humanity, and the choice between progress and destruction.
