My segment with Mark Sutcliffe on CIWW 1310 in Ottawa on my National Post column on the worrying speed at which AI is getting away from us. (Also some discussion of Doug Ford and the Ontario PCs.)
"Never take a trend out a window."
His longtime friend and advisor on statistics in social science William Fielding Ogburn, quoted by Robert Ardrey in The Territorial Imperative
In my latest National Post column I say the breathtaking pace at which artificial intelligence is developing is more important than politics... and even scarier.
In my latest Mercatornet article I say the problem with "ethical debates" is they always end up saying yes to whatever departure from traditional morality is under discussion.
"Et ce n’est pas important la guerre des moutons et des fleurs?"
The prince in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Le Petit Prince
"So far as I am able to discern, there are only two kinds of strong-willed people: saints and psychopaths. According to the ancient understanding, the former have made a pact with God, the latter with the Devil. The modern understanding is, nature and/or nurture on both sides. As ever, the ancient understanding is correct."
David Warren in Ottawa Citizen Jan. 3, 2009
In my latest National Post column I choke on "raw water".