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Saying "with AI, anyone can be a coder now" is as absurd as claiming "with a ladder, anyone can be a steeplejack".
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The Protocol Paradox https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/the-protocol-paradox/1353
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Stafford Beer's Viable System Model. Dan Davis' book, The Accountability Machine, has provided me with a set of interesting perspectives on the model.
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From a VSM perspective, the emergence of monoliths with their strong identities could be viewed as a System 5 response. Assembly theory aligns with System 3 while "oozification" represents a breakdown of cohesion and identity.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h0qHwNrHk
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Circadian Rhythm and Weak Protocols https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/circadian-rhythm-and-weak-protocols/1339
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Strange Protocols https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/strange-protocols/1332
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LongRoPE: Extending LLM Context Window Beyond 2 Million Tokens https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.13753
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Superradiance, kernel of protocol and protocol hardness https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/is-there-a-protocol-kernel-or-kernel-of-protocol/1292/8
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"silver box" and "gold box" protocols? https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/protocols-and-legal-systems/1297/2
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"Previous versions of AlphaFold only predicted the structures of proteins. AlphaFold 3 goes beyond that and can model DNA, RNA, and smaller molecules called ligands..." https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24152088/google-deepmind-ai-model-predict-molecular-structure-alphafold
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Is there a "protocol kernel" or "kernel of protocol"? https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/is-there-a-protocol-kernel-or-kernel-of-protocol/1292
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Specification debt https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/specification-debt-john-grant-4mokc/
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"...all of the trend lines - weakening government, a fragmenting society, pervasive threats - suggest the era of industrial superpowers is over. We have entered a new medieval age." https://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2024/the-us-china-rivalry-in-a-new-medieval-age.html
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'... the illusion of complexity has done nothing but provide cloud cover for the unbelievable transfer of goodwill, well-being, and prosperity from young to old.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJ4hkpQW8E
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1963 documentary "Time On Our Hands" imagines how people in 1988 might reflect on the way people lived and worked in 1963. Includes contributions from Aldous Huxley and Stafford Beer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYGt_UN0DpM
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Just signed up as a volunteer for this UK health research programme. Consider joining https://ourfuturehealth.org.uk
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I had an MRI scan last week. They provide headphones, which play music when you're not receiving breathing instructions. Alongside the pulsating rhythm of the magnetic coils, Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” will never sound the same to me again.
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Preventing any single agent or body from causing a gridlock in governance systems aligns closely with my concept of “protocol jamming” in human systems. How do you think these systems could be structured to deter protocol jamming while still being efficient and inclusive?
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With such a significant increase in bandwidth, online discourse could become far more substantive and multifaceted. Nuanced arguments could be fully elaborated, complex ideas explored in depth, and discussions more contextualized and less prone to misunderstanding.
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