Are we comparing AI (e.g. ChatGPT) to humans on the Wrong Vectors? — “Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.” ― J. Krishnamurti Chat GPT — 4 has thrown the world in a tizzy and rightfully so. It is the harbinger of super intelligence or Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). AGI is a state of intelligence higher than most humans. There…

Three Life Lessons from Rock Climbing — Anyone can be happy and cosy. Nothing good happens in the world by being happy and cosy — Alex Honnold, Free Solo Prologue: The World Calls Me ‘Risky’ I recently took to rock climbing at a local gym. At first, it didn’t seem much — a straight (artificial) rock wall with markers and placeholders to put…

Why AI is at the Very Least Decades Away from Being Human — “By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower” — Rabindranath Tagore Prologue: A Journey Beyond Existential Questions Is it possible to describe what experiencing life as a human feels like using any medium we have at our disposal i.e. words, images, paintings etc? The answer to this question alone should help…

Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Never be as Creative as Humans — “I believe, unswervingly, agonizingly, that it is in freaks that Being breaks through to the surface and reveals its true nature.” ― Olga Tokarczuk, Flights Prologue The year 2022 has been an incredible chapter in technological history. There are four examples of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models that have forced us to…

Why Entrepreneurship Should Be Taught in Schools — ….I kept trying to run away. And I almost did. But it seems that reality compels you to live properly when you live in the real world — Kenzaburō Ōe, A Personal Matter An Education in Experiencing Life There is power in standardized education. …

Why Recourse is Key to the Growth of Crypto Tokens and Decentralized Finance — “He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness. Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the…

Why FTX is Not A Synonym for Crypto Currencies and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Lessons From The FTX Collapse “The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.” ― Nadine Gordimer Conflation is Seductive Over the last few weeks, a lot of my friends have come up to me and predicted…

The Collapse of FTX and The Unlikely Boon of Crypto Currencies “That’s what happens when you free people from the restraints of time. They make their own rigid schedule.” ― Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X There Was a Dream The promise of Bitcoin was the ability of the blockchain to enable money…

The Rise and Rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC’s) — No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated — Ellen Glasgow The Blockchain Spawns a New Idea A new world begins where our thoughts end. Our thoughts is us rowing a boat through the ocean of our memories and experiences. Nothing…