Today I wanted to post something different, about the attention economy, and cognitive function. Keep reading at your own discretion.
Asimov’s favorite short story is a story about an AI called Multivac, which he wrote in 1956. It’s titled ‘The Last Question’
He explores the question humanity asked Multivac (and its evolutions over time): Can entropy be reversed, and can the universe’s end be avoided? The AI never generated an answer, even after eons. The entropy is the irreversible process that makes the universe’s eventual extinction inevitable.
Multivac had been able to answer every question, except this one. Humanity
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