Andrew Chen
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Professor. Husband. Father. Landowner. Grateful. Person of faith - but probably not yours. Computer Scientist. Yoga practitioner. More than words can describe.
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Announcing my new blog: SoulGraph.tech
I figured it was past time to start blogging publicly thoughts about what will happen if/when AI becomes conscious. Please join me. I think these are important conversations to have.
I figured it was past time to start blogging publicly thoughts about what will happen if/when AI becomes conscious. Please join me. I think these are important conversations to have.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Announcing my new blog: SoulGraph.tech
I figured it was past time to start blogging publicly thoughts about what will happen if/when AI becomes conscious. Please join me. I think these are important conversations to have.
I figured it was past time to start blogging publicly thoughts about what will happen if/when AI becomes conscious. Please join me. I think these are important conversations to have.
My father learned to code in school. I learned to code at home, offline. Eldest child learned to code from online resources. Middle child learned to vibe code from/with AI. What will my youngest child learn?
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My father learned to code in school. I learned to code at home, offline. Eldest child learned to code from online resources. Middle child learned to vibe code from/with AI. What will my youngest child learn?
What if, because people use AI so much, the incentive to put stuff on the web gets removed because no one is reading the web but is asking AI instead? What if that means new stuff isn't put on the web? Then AI has nothing more to scrape and train off of? Could AI herald its own demise?
October 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What if, because people use AI so much, the incentive to put stuff on the web gets removed because no one is reading the web but is asking AI instead? What if that means new stuff isn't put on the web? Then AI has nothing more to scrape and train off of? Could AI herald its own demise?
CFP: swpaca.org Annual Conference ; Submit by October 31, 2025; New in 2025: an area for “AI & Culture”. Please consider submitting and also please forward to any you think might be interested. Thanks! #swpaca26
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October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
CFP: swpaca.org Annual Conference ; Submit by October 31, 2025; New in 2025: an area for “AI & Culture”. Please consider submitting and also please forward to any you think might be interested. Thanks! #swpaca26
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What if AI is good at some things that humans enjoy doing, but AI can do it better? And if AI can do it cheaper? Those things just become hobbies. What if AI forces us to live lives where all we do is our hobbies? As long as we can thrive and not just survive.
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
What if AI is good at some things that humans enjoy doing, but AI can do it better? And if AI can do it cheaper? Those things just become hobbies. What if AI forces us to live lives where all we do is our hobbies? As long as we can thrive and not just survive.
I think we need to stop calling them “hallucinations” and just call them “mistakes”. That might make the discourse about dealing with them a little easier.
September 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I think we need to stop calling them “hallucinations” and just call them “mistakes”. That might make the discourse about dealing with them a little easier.
Reposted by Andrew Chen
In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality
Your Brain Is Hallucinating—And That’s How It’s Supposed to Work
In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality
www.scientificamerican.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality
“Graceful degradation” is a design philosophy that we apply to web pages so they will still work on older browsers. What if we applied it to urban planning so the structures would still work if/when the population declines?
August 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Graceful degradation” is a design philosophy that we apply to web pages so they will still work on older browsers. What if we applied it to urban planning so the structures would still work if/when the population declines?
The phrase “interdependence of all existence” has been so used as to become cliche. I propose a new one to hit home better: “inter-existence of all”
August 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The phrase “interdependence of all existence” has been so used as to become cliche. I propose a new one to hit home better: “inter-existence of all”
www.latimes.com/business/sto... - if you haven’t seen this already, you may find it interesting
Commentary: Here's the number that could halt the AI revolution in its tracks
The penalty cost for pirating copyrighted works to train AI bots could exceed $1 trillion, which could scare AI firms into negotiating licensing deals for content
www.latimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
www.latimes.com/business/sto... - if you haven’t seen this already, you may find it interesting
We say “saving” and “loading” when it comes to games, but we don’t (usually) use their counterparts “restoring” and “unloading”. Take a moment and think about why.
May 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We say “saving” and “loading” when it comes to games, but we don’t (usually) use their counterparts “restoring” and “unloading”. Take a moment and think about why.
Thought some of you might find this of interest: www3.raspberrypi.org/webmail/8009...
In our first live session, Mac Bowley, Learning Manager at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, will be your host. Mac will be joined by Amy Currier Blair, Product Manager, Gemini for Teens.
www3.raspberrypi.org
May 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thought some of you might find this of interest: www3.raspberrypi.org/webmail/8009...
This little rhetorical twist shaped modern thinking: If instead of calling it "The Law of Gravity" & "The Law of Motion", we called it "The God of Gravity" & "The God of Motion", with children such as "The Demigod of Orbits". The striking impact of monotheism on modern scientific understanding.
May 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This little rhetorical twist shaped modern thinking: If instead of calling it "The Law of Gravity" & "The Law of Motion", we called it "The God of Gravity" & "The God of Motion", with children such as "The Demigod of Orbits". The striking impact of monotheism on modern scientific understanding.
We're hiring an "Executive Director of the Institute of Applied AI"! Please check out the link here, don't be afraid to comment and/or DM me with any questions, and also feel free to forward to anyone else you think might be interested! minnstate.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Minnes...
Executive Director of the Institute of Applied AI
All Job Postings will close at 12:01 a.m. CT on the specified Closing Date (if designated). Working Title: Executive Director of the Institute of Applied AI Institution: Minnesota State University, Mo...
minnstate.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We're hiring an "Executive Director of the Institute of Applied AI"! Please check out the link here, don't be afraid to comment and/or DM me with any questions, and also feel free to forward to anyone else you think might be interested! minnstate.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Minnes...
"You don't train for a marathon by getting in your car and driving 10 miles a day" - quote regarding use of AI from www.eventbrite.com/e/alondra-ne...
Alondra Nelson and Cathy N. Davidson: AI and the Future of Higher Education
Join us for a timely discussion on AI in higher education, exploring its potential, ethical challenges, and inclusive, equitable innovation!
www.eventbrite.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"You don't train for a marathon by getting in your car and driving 10 miles a day" - quote regarding use of AI from www.eventbrite.com/e/alondra-ne...
There comes a time when there is nothing more to say, nothing more to think - it is merely a time for action. But to think that it is that time, to say that it is that time, is proof that it is not. Wishful thinking does not make it so.
May 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
There comes a time when there is nothing more to say, nothing more to think - it is merely a time for action. But to think that it is that time, to say that it is that time, is proof that it is not. Wishful thinking does not make it so.
If corporations get humans to use AI more, then humans have more time to be consumers, benefiting corporations. Until eventually humans run out of credit, can’t afford basic necessities, and die. Then corporations pivot to a B2B-only world. The end of the Anthropocene era awaits. Corporacene arises.
April 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If corporations get humans to use AI more, then humans have more time to be consumers, benefiting corporations. Until eventually humans run out of credit, can’t afford basic necessities, and die. Then corporations pivot to a B2B-only world. The end of the Anthropocene era awaits. Corporacene arises.
All of human history can be seen as a slow transformation from a co-op PvE into a competitive PvP.
April 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
All of human history can be seen as a slow transformation from a co-op PvE into a competitive PvP.
CFP: swpaca.org Summer Salon; Submit by April 15, 2025; New this year: an area for “AI & Culture”. Please consider submitting and also please forward to any you think might be interested. Thanks!
- SWPACA | Southwest Popular/American Culture Association
swpaca.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
CFP: swpaca.org Summer Salon; Submit by April 15, 2025; New this year: an area for “AI & Culture”. Please consider submitting and also please forward to any you think might be interested. Thanks!
When most of human life was a struggle against the environment, our innate drives served us well. But in “winning” the struggle we lost the purpose of our innate drives: they helped us against our environment, but now the only environment to struggle against was our own social environment.
March 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
When most of human life was a struggle against the environment, our innate drives served us well. But in “winning” the struggle we lost the purpose of our innate drives: they helped us against our environment, but now the only environment to struggle against was our own social environment.
As the moon gets closer to the sun in the sky, we see less of it (crescent versus full). Perhaps this was the original inspiration for the story of Icarus?
March 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
As the moon gets closer to the sun in the sky, we see less of it (crescent versus full). Perhaps this was the original inspiration for the story of Icarus?
If we continue to focus on making things easy to understand, do we not encourage only understanding simple things?
March 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If we continue to focus on making things easy to understand, do we not encourage only understanding simple things?
You have heard it said “be the change you want to see in the world.” But I say, if you see too much change in the world, be the opposite: safe, stable, tranquil peace.
March 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
You have heard it said “be the change you want to see in the world.” But I say, if you see too much change in the world, be the opposite: safe, stable, tranquil peace.
So much goes back to the pandemic. I think the pandemic brought humanity together in ways we had never seen before. And I think the enemies of togetherness got scared because of that and plotted their revenge.
March 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
So much goes back to the pandemic. I think the pandemic brought humanity together in ways we had never seen before. And I think the enemies of togetherness got scared because of that and plotted their revenge.
How often do we realize when we are speaking from a position of privilege? A check: if I were the one being disadvantaged by this, would I feel the same way? And be genuine, as sometimes answers are merely rationalizations and don’t engage actual emotional imagination.
March 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
How often do we realize when we are speaking from a position of privilege? A check: if I were the one being disadvantaged by this, would I feel the same way? And be genuine, as sometimes answers are merely rationalizations and don’t engage actual emotional imagination.