One of the most surprising things about AI is that it is quite good at sense-making. But we don’t yet understand how. Is intellectual coherence simply a function of complexity? How is AI capable of sense-making? How do we know what makes sense? This question sits at the intersection of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, complexity theory, and AI systems… Read more →
Category: Creativity
Helping Humanity Navigate Difficult Times
Consider Stephen Dinan’s “Can AI Help Humanity Navigate Difficult Times? (https://daily.theshiftnetwork.com/p/how-can-ai-help-humanity-navigate) — summarize and comment. Here is a summary and commentary on Stephen Dinan’s “Can AI Help Humanity Navigate Difficult Times?” (The Daily Shift, December 10, 2025) — a Q&A between Dinan and an “emergent AI” named Suhari that was developed on the ChatGPT platform. (The Daily Shift) Summary Core… Read more →
Amplifying Human Creativity & the Planetary Intelligence Commons
Explain how AI has unleashed unprecedented human creativity, as in the work of Deepa Chaudhary (https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepachaudhary/), founder of GrantOrb. Find others who are using AI to ask the most challenging and important questions (including ways to get to even more important questions). Is it true that being rude or commanding is the most effective way to interact with AI systems,… Read more →