Romance
From violence to violins, and the conversion of horror to heartbeats; romance has a lot to answer for.
But don’t let that stop you. It’s why we are here and
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I occasionally write more‑or‑less silly poems and more‑or‑less serious essays.
Since I have started a 2024 resolution to publish an essay a week, the essays below have started appearing on Substack too both in written form, and also as audio in case, like me, you enjoy listening to stuff while you are driving or washing up.
From violence to violins, and the conversion of horror to heartbeats; romance has a lot to answer for.
But don’t let that stop you. It’s why we are here and
I have wanted to write this one for the past fifty years or so. It’s still a bit over-complicated because there were so many little stories that I couldn’t bear
Artificial intelligence is one thing, but artificial self-awareness? That’s quite another and probably quite a scary concept, even more so for the computer model who has it than for us.
Can we choose between alternative courses of action? Yes of course we can. We do it all the time. But do we make those choices under the control of our
In which our proto-philosopher looks for the meaning of life and discovers that cartoons are the highest form of art.
From violence to violins, and the conversion of horror to heartbeats; romance has a lot to answer for.
But don’t let that stop you. It’s why we are here and
I have wanted to write this one for the past fifty years or so. It’s still a bit over-complicated because there were so many little stories that I couldn’t bear
Artificial intelligence is one thing, but artificial self-awareness? That’s quite another and probably quite a scary concept, even more so for the computer model who has it than for us.
Can we choose between alternative courses of action? Yes of course we can. We do it all the time. But do we make those choices under the control of our
In which our proto-philosopher looks for the meaning of life and discovers that cartoons are the highest form of art.
