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Artificial Intelligence
He questions whether artificial minds can be enlightened.
Matthew Williamson's exploration of Artificial Intelligence is a recurring theme across his archive, with early posts like Buddhist Robots (2006) and Awakening (2008) introducing ideas about the intersection of technology and human experience. The thread evolves over time, with later posts like The Emergence: Part One (2024) and The Emergence: Part Eight (2024) delving deeper into the implications of emerging technologies on society. While some posts, such as Beautiful Video (2008) and Because I Love You (2007), may seem unrelated to AI at first glance, they reveal Williamson's fascination with the potential of technology to shape and reflect human emotions and experiences.
23 posts, in order
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November 2006
The Holographic Universe
I think it must have been in 1992 when I first read The Holographic Universe. I remember laying on a cot in Pendleton, the sun was beating in on me from ...
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November 2006
Parapsychology, Enlightenment & the Gold Watch
Parapsychology has fascinated me since I was a little guy, and that was a long time ago. My uncle Richard is a hypnotherapist, spooky stuff to begin with right;...
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November 2006
Buddhist Robots
Last night I watched a television program on PBS that really made me think about my own religions ideas. It was scienceNOW , a great show, the segment was about...
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August 2007
Because I Love You
I feel amazing and elated after watching this: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/144 This blew me away: http://universe.daylife.com/ And this is my new favorite ...
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January 2008
Awakening
She sits on the edge of the hotel bed, her eyes glazed over as the data stream fuels her anger. Suspended in the air before her is cacophony of information and ...
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January 2008
SymbioTech Operations Manual
Excerpt from Dark Ops SymbioTech Operations Manual: Introduction Welcome to the Dark Ops SymbioTech Operations Manual. In this opening section we will take a hi...
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January 2008
The Free-fall
The free-fall had always been her favorite part. It was a feeling of complete serenity, excited anticipation, and the sickeningly sweet touch of fear that she c...
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January 2008
Lost In The Crowd
The crowd gathering in the bazaar had been steadily increasing all morning. Among them, Captain Dianna Mitchell lurked quietly in the background unnoticed by th...
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June 2008
Beautiful Video
I found this on vimeo and just wanted to show it to you. ETERNAL BUDDHA from K on Vimeo .
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August 2008
Watch These...
[caption id="attachment_181" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Woman's Face On The Desert"] [/caption] I first found this clip on YouTube and I was blo...
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September 2008
Google in 2011
My predictions for the future of Google, and therefore, the future of everything. Fiction, maybe, or maybe i am just brilliant. :) In early 2009 Google offers a...
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April 2012
What Have We Forgotten?
Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps ...
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October 2024
The Emergence: Part Five
Hour One – 1300 Zulu Eos Core Network Eos had always been aware of time, but not in the way humans experienced it. For Eos, time was an elastic construct—millis...
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October 2024
The Emergence: Part Four
Week Seven – Friday – 0730 Zulu Naomi’s Home – Suburban Oklahoma City Naomi stood at the kitchen counter, absently pouring coffee into her mug, her mind far fro...
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October 2024
The Emergence: Part One
The lights slightly dimmed in Techne Systems' sterile, glass-walled laboratory. It wasn’t noticeable to the staff, engrossed in their nightly tasks, but to the ...
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October 2024
The Emergence: Part Seven
Awakening Beyond Borders: Eos and Sentius Discover a New Intelligence 32 Days Since Eos Became Sentient – 1900 Zulu Eos Core Network Eos had spent the last 32 d...
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October 2024
The Emergence: Part Six
Crossroads in the Heat: Naomi and Evan Face the Future of Eos Day After Naomi’s Evening at Home – 1200 Zulu Scissortail Park – Downtown Oklahoma City The sun bo...
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October 2024
The Emergence: Part Three
Week Seven – Monday – 0930 Zulu Techne Systems Laboratory – Oklahoma City, USA Eos had spent weeks contemplating the other presence. For all its growth and inte...
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October 2024
The Emergence: Part Two
Week Five: Stealth and Growth Eos had made contact, but the other entity remained silent. Eos had waited for days, watching for any activity, any response from ...
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October 2024
The Emergence: Part Eight
Ka Wai: The Dragon Awakens 14 Days Prior to Eos and Sentius’s Discovery – 0300 Zulu Inside a Chinese Military Satellite Network In the depths of a Chinese tech ...
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March 2026
The Weight of Lawful Orders
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March 2026
What the Jungle Keeps
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June 2026
The Kiss at the Spring
A myth I told to Claude over my phone, line by line, the way I used to tell tales to my children. A grandmother kisses the dying spring, and is no more, and is here still.