Archive - The Stark Way

Human exceptionalism with a human face

If nothing else, our impact on the Earth is unique

Jul 21 •

Jamie Freestone

Text-to-video AI: the end of film & TV?

More like the latest battle in the war for attention

Published on unless pictures post office • Jul 2

June 2024

Believers' double-standard

Why is it more offensive to doubt than to believe?

Jun 18 •

Jamie Freestone

May 2024

Politics unlimited

No one wants their politics to change — that’s bad

May 26 •

Jamie Freestone

January 2024

Work that moved me in 2023

Indigenous knowledge, Robert Lowell, AI, Cormac McCarthy

Jan 3 •

Jamie Freestone

December 2023

When we empathise we assume the worst

Good writing, dick pics, sociopaths, and anthrax

Dec 15, 2023 •

Jamie Freestone

November 2023

The machines might humanise us

Using generative AI for therapy and self-actualisation

Nov 5, 2023 •

Jamie Freestone

October 2023

Some people claim to have no mental imagery

Actually they do — they just need to use their imagination

Oct 23, 2023 •

Jamie Freestone

September 2023

Can we test for consciousness?

Turing tests, animals, & Hamlet

Sep 14, 2023 •

Jamie Freestone

August 2023

Choosing sides in AGI

New worldviews are emerging; none are very liberal

Aug 24, 2023 •

Jamie Freestone

Why most reviews suck

Reviewers fear the weaker minds of others

Aug 1, 2023 •

Jamie Freestone

July 2023

AI can think fast but not slow

It has System 1, not System 2 — or System 3

Jul 21, 2023 •

Jamie Freestone

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