Diamond in the Rough: Archive

December 2011

jephjacques: UN Hearing On AI Rights → jephjacques.com

The subject of this debate is whether AIs are “people-” whether they possess the same degree of personhood as humans, and whether that entitles them to the same rights.

You have heard all the arguments for and against the consciousness, intelligence, free will, and cognition of artificial…

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#the essentials+by+tom+ford #tom ford #the essentials #men #man #man's needs #man's essential #designer #fashion #style #filmmaker

“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.” —

John Stuart Mill

scarcity=solved

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“Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.” —

John D. Rockefeller

Amen.

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“Relationships are like fat people; they usually don’t work out.” —http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/n00wk/has_anyone_ever_attending_a_wedding_that_got/c358p5g

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” —

Napoleon Hill

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Tips and Tricks for Using Google More Effectively [Infographic] | Geekosystem → geekosystem.com

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#Crazy Monster

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“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” —Mark Twain

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” —John Wooden

Dec 2, 2011

“I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.” —

Thomas Edison

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