How to Bell the AI Cat
published at https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/how-to-bell-the-ai-cat/
Golda Velez
A Logical Conclusion...
this piece makes me happy every time i reread it. it was born out of frustration with fintech bros
A Darwinian Argument
“You must die.” The woman spoke dispassionately, her face blank.
The jowly man chained at the ankle squinted across the room at her. His glasses had broken in
floating snips
if writing is the search for shape and meaning in life
is must be a selective one
the truth is full of distraction and laziness, napping in the face of urgency
forgetting oneself and remembering again and hiding from that truth
accepting maybe but celebrating nonsense? what is self anyway
public pieces published at...
So my writings here are sort of musings, on the personal side as opposed to the what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-the-world side. I also write as gvelez on medium; as wordmonkey on dailyKos; occasionally on Blog for Arizona & Hacker Noon; and once on impakter, LA Progressive and TechDirt should you wish to subject
A Language of Meaning and Action
There is really only one question, ever.
Given the state of the world to my knowledge, what should I do next?
Answered shallowly, the answer may be
order pizza for dinner
drink a beer
finish a task on my list
continue or start a conversation with a friend
post on
Untitled post
walking over a bridge in san jose, costa rica after talking to an Israeli ex-pat in the hostel and preparing for RightsCon tomorrow, i realized why i haven't been writing, at least one of the reasons
the work is not so much to pull a thread of sense
artistic gene
Feeling very lucky today to have such strong, creative, independent daughters
Not to mention artistic:
Expression through art is so valuable, and it reflects a synthesis that is hard to capture in linear form.
There was a period when I didn't post about my family much, partly because
family fiction
How did I not realize my daughter published this lovely short piece back in 2017.
Cherry & Chocolate by Amber Velez, published by Drunk Monkeys
The title is familiar but I think I had read a different one and confused it for this one. Reading now - its like finding
What AIs are good for...
AIs good at helping humans do what they intend << AIs that are good at manipulating humans to do what someone else wants
this is more a tweet than a blog post, but I'm not tweeting now...
here is a panel i was on
saving it here for reference, will frame it more later. these were really cool lawyers who work on human rights and freedom of expression and also they are hopeful for decentralized tech solutions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YsnGkFG7o8