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Bridgett Kay
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Modern industrial society is built to make our lives safe, convenient, and comfortable. Electricity is used to moderate the temperature of our homes, keeping us warm through the bitterest winters, and cool through the hottest summers- even through weather extremes we may not otherwise survive. We can keep our food...
A fire crackled in the hearth, casting a warm glow on the polished wood furniture scattered about the room. There were two bookcases overflowing with books, a small writing desk stuffed with papers and journals, and a tea cart stocked with hot tea and jam tarts. At the center of...
Content Warning: Existential Horror Sarah opened the creaky wooden door and stepped into the foyer. The old house seemed different to Sarah, for while the faint echo of childhood memories still hung in the air, the house was bereft of the color and life that had always made her grandmother’s...
Over a decade ago, I dreamed that I was a high school student attending a swim meet. After I won my race, my coach informed me that I was in a dream, but I didn’t believe her and insisted we were in the real world. I could remember my entire...
Maya did not believe she lived in a simulation. She knew that her continued hope that she could escape from the nonexistent simulation was based on motivated reasoning. She said this to herself in the front of her mind instead of keeping the thought locked away in the dark corners....
I’ve been working on a series of longer articles explaining and justifying the following principles of communicating AI risk to the general public, but in the interest of speed and brevity, I’ve decided to write a simplified guide here. Some of this will be based on articles I’ve already written...