Stories by ctoth

A Reminiscence of Project Ozma (1979)

Semantic Engines: An Introduction to Mind Design (1981) [pdf]

The Scaling Hypothesis

Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances

When M.D. is a Machine Doctor

Secretary Jobs in the Age of AI

I, Row-Boat

Using Language Models to Resolve Textual and Semantic Merge Conflicts [pdf]

Von Neumann's First Computer Program (1970)

Fixing the GD77's Terrible Charger

Key Mostly Outward-Facing Facts from the Story of VaccinateCA

Notes on OpenAI’s Alignment Plan

My cyberpunk city, my cyberpunk world

A ‘Golden Era for Large Cities’ Might Be Turning into an ‘Urban Doom Loop’

Where is the new space odyssey epic?

RC Imperial Shuttle Drone

Antibodies

Why Does China Persist with Its ‘Zero-Covid’ Strategy?

Is wine fake?

Language models are nearly AGIs but we don't notice

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