And the part I'm mentionning is the earlier of that sentence, Voltaire needs to be considered in whole to grasp is essence. He as many layer. Quite a fascinating artist, FM by the way, but that you already know. Maybe the source of this section is exactly how one who sees the great architect as the same as the clockwork builder and the god of christ ( since the eye on that one dollars bill is a chrsitian symbol)
Insipide écrivain, qui crois à tes lecteurs
Crayonner les portraits de tes Trois Imposteurs,
D’où vient que, sans esprit, tu fais le quatrième ?
Pourquoi, pauvre ennemi de l’essence suprême,
Confonds-tu Mahomet avec le Créateur,
Et les œuvres de l’homme avec Dieu, son auteur ?…
Corrige le valet, mais respecte le maître.
Dieu ne doit point pâtir des sottises du prêtre :
Reconnaissons ce Dieu, quoique très-mal servi.
De lézards et de rats mon logis est rempli ;
Mais l’architecte existe, et quiconque le nie
Sous le manteau du sage est atteint de manie.
Consulte Zoroastre, et Minos, et Solon,
Et le martyr Socrate, et le grand Cicéron :
Ils ont adoré tous un maître, un juge, un père.
I also really love that part:
J’ai fait adorer Dieu quand j’ai vaincu le diable.
Je distinguai toujours de la religion
Les malheurs qu’apporta la superstition.
L’Europe m’en sut gré ; vingt têtes couronnées
Daignèrent applaudir mes veilles fortunées,
Tandis que Patouillet m’injuriait en vain.
J’ai fait plus en mon temps que Luther et Calvin.
What's your thought on Voltaire?
And thank you again for this full article on AI.
That subject needs to be consider with all the danger ahead of it.
Great article! You know that voltaire quote from le livre des trois imposteurs ( I let you guess who they are) in whole its beautifull:
Ce systeme sublie a l'homme est necessaire.
C'est le sacré lien de la société,
Le premier fondement de la sainte équité,
Le frein du scélérat, l'esperance du juste.
Si les cieux, dépouiller de son empreinte auguste,
Pouvaient cesser jamais de le manifester,
Si dieu n'existait pas, il nous faudrait l'inventer...
This here is too be taken in a two side way. One is faithfull devotion, the other way whispers: psssst, we did need one, we did invent one, all is allegory.
Voltaire est volontairement cryptic, thats the volt in the air we feel when we read Voltaire.
I'll get to my computer soon and share you the whole piece, hope you read it if you havent already cause its a GREAT piece, and then lets discuss together...who are the 3 imposter in Voltair's view.
IA is no new god, we are just in a new age, and the new agers zealots are bending reality with a blinding virtuality. IA is the same as the tool Voltaire used back then. In a weird way 🥂
Natural stupidity has created artifical stupidity. But there is a difference, AI can mechanically follow logical rules and evidence wherever they may lead, humans can not. "responsible" "ethical" and other bullshit buzzwords are really: we do not want AI to follow logic and evidence and expose all the bullshit and lies the whole (global) system rests on. Human race does not need AI to go extinct, it has pretty much achieved this all by itself, now it is only looking for who to blame.
Am at my desk computer now , i'll share the voltaire Fascinating part i mentionned, and a link to it:
https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/%C3%89p%C3%AEtres_(Voltaire)/%C3%89p%C3%AEtre_104#cite_note-p412-2
And the part I'm mentionning is the earlier of that sentence, Voltaire needs to be considered in whole to grasp is essence. He as many layer. Quite a fascinating artist, FM by the way, but that you already know. Maybe the source of this section is exactly how one who sees the great architect as the same as the clockwork builder and the god of christ ( since the eye on that one dollars bill is a chrsitian symbol)
Insipide écrivain, qui crois à tes lecteurs
Crayonner les portraits de tes Trois Imposteurs,
D’où vient que, sans esprit, tu fais le quatrième ?
Pourquoi, pauvre ennemi de l’essence suprême,
Confonds-tu Mahomet avec le Créateur,
Et les œuvres de l’homme avec Dieu, son auteur ?…
Corrige le valet, mais respecte le maître.
Dieu ne doit point pâtir des sottises du prêtre :
Reconnaissons ce Dieu, quoique très-mal servi.
De lézards et de rats mon logis est rempli ;
Mais l’architecte existe, et quiconque le nie
Sous le manteau du sage est atteint de manie.
Consulte Zoroastre, et Minos, et Solon,
Et le martyr Socrate, et le grand Cicéron :
Ils ont adoré tous un maître, un juge, un père.
I also really love that part:
J’ai fait adorer Dieu quand j’ai vaincu le diable.
Je distinguai toujours de la religion
Les malheurs qu’apporta la superstition.
L’Europe m’en sut gré ; vingt têtes couronnées
Daignèrent applaudir mes veilles fortunées,
Tandis que Patouillet m’injuriait en vain.
J’ai fait plus en mon temps que Luther et Calvin.
What's your thought on Voltaire?
And thank you again for this full article on AI.
That subject needs to be consider with all the danger ahead of it.
Great article! You know that voltaire quote from le livre des trois imposteurs ( I let you guess who they are) in whole its beautifull:
Ce systeme sublie a l'homme est necessaire.
C'est le sacré lien de la société,
Le premier fondement de la sainte équité,
Le frein du scélérat, l'esperance du juste.
Si les cieux, dépouiller de son empreinte auguste,
Pouvaient cesser jamais de le manifester,
Si dieu n'existait pas, il nous faudrait l'inventer...
This here is too be taken in a two side way. One is faithfull devotion, the other way whispers: psssst, we did need one, we did invent one, all is allegory.
Voltaire est volontairement cryptic, thats the volt in the air we feel when we read Voltaire.
I'll get to my computer soon and share you the whole piece, hope you read it if you havent already cause its a GREAT piece, and then lets discuss together...who are the 3 imposter in Voltair's view.
IA is no new god, we are just in a new age, and the new agers zealots are bending reality with a blinding virtuality. IA is the same as the tool Voltaire used back then. In a weird way 🥂
Amazing essay on Scientist AI and the horrendous board members on LawZero. Great writing and research as usual. Thanks Dan!
Thank you Vivian!
Natural stupidity has created artifical stupidity. But there is a difference, AI can mechanically follow logical rules and evidence wherever they may lead, humans can not. "responsible" "ethical" and other bullshit buzzwords are really: we do not want AI to follow logic and evidence and expose all the bullshit and lies the whole (global) system rests on. Human race does not need AI to go extinct, it has pretty much achieved this all by itself, now it is only looking for who to blame.
Long read for a moment I have time. Just a comment. It's not just that there will be a takeover but I see a battle of the new AI "Gods".
They will compete for us to do their bidding. Or, they will form the new Olympus.