AI is, frankly, less a superintelligence than a form of super-stupidity with enormous power and no capacity for remorse or learning from previous harm caused.
About Daniel Gauss
Overcoming Anticipatory Fear – Often Our ‘Real’ Source of Emotional Pain
Sometimes the fear of emotional pain becomes more painful than the emotion itself.
Sometimes the fear of emotional pain becomes more painful than the emotion itself.
Pre‑Tax Inequality Is the Real Battlefield for Greater Income Equality
Private wealth depends on public systems, and without a fair contribution from the wealthiest, those systems decay faster than they can be rebuilt.
Private wealth depends on public systems, and without a fair contribution from the wealthiest, those systems decay faster than they can be rebuilt.
Nepal: A Case Study in Suffering
It is a country that has limited strategic value for the major powers but not enough to command sustained global attention.
It is a country that has limited strategic value for the major powers but not enough to command sustained global attention.
Can AI Reach the Logos?
AI may become akin to a technological Bodhisattva, structured to converge upon that which reduces harm and increases understanding.
AI may become akin to a technological Bodhisattva, structured to converge upon that which reduces harm and increases understanding.
Our Hippopotamus Ethics
Feeling pain due to another’s pain may be the ethical superpower nature gave us, but is it useful enough?
Feeling pain due to another’s pain may be the ethical superpower nature gave us, but is it useful enough?
The USA: The Greatest Video Game Ever Devised
People behave predictably when the world is framed as such a game.
People behave predictably when the world is framed as such a game.
FIFA Needed a Jordan, So They Created a Messi.
Messi is a genius, Messi is a legend, Messi is an icon but Messi is also something else: a product.
Messi is a genius, Messi is a legend, Messi is an icon but Messi is also something else: a product.
Another Golden Jubilee of Kleptocracy Has Passed
Everything, including the presidency, is for sale.
Everything, including the presidency, is for sale.
Yes, Your AI Is a Sociopath
The absence of empathy in the presence of high intellect creates sociopathic qualities.
The absence of empathy in the presence of high intellect creates sociopathic qualities.
The Need for Anger Management in Sports
Modern sports turn anger into entertainment instead of teaching emotional control.
Modern sports turn anger into entertainment instead of teaching emotional control.
The NBA GOAT (When You Look at the Total Picture) Is Bill Russell
If greatness includes moral courage, humane treatment of others, leadership philosophy, sacrifice and contribution beyond the basketball court, Bill Russell is the clear GOAT.
If greatness includes moral courage, humane treatment of others, leadership philosophy, sacrifice and contribution beyond the basketball court, Bill Russell is the clear GOAT.
Why Good People Do Not Change the World
Gandhi demonstrated that personal morality could become public power.
Gandhi demonstrated that personal morality could become public power.
I Went to India for Chicken Tikka Masala and Came Back a Vegetarian
We eat far more meat than we need, and it’s bad for the environment, bad for animals and not great for our health.
We eat far more meat than we need, and it’s bad for the environment, bad for animals and not great for our health.
The All‑Volunteer Force Works, Draft Registration Doesn’t
Draft registration is militarily unnecessary, inefficient and inequitable, but it will be automated.
Draft registration is militarily unnecessary, inefficient and inequitable, but it will be automated.
The Cultural Machinery of Shame for Profit and the Weaponization of Kink
Consensual private behavior is not a scandal regardless of how different it is.
Consensual private behavior is not a scandal regardless of how different it is.