The Two Paths of AI
By Dr. David Sanders We heard this week over and again about the dangers of AI; without proper caution AI will kill us. Jacob Coxon, a researcher who resigned from Anthropic, garnered over 150 million views for his whistleblowing post on Instagram. His post also catalyzed the major AI developers to make their own statements, […]
Diving Headfirst
By Dr. David Sanders The connotation of “headfirst” holds a paradox. To plunge into something headfirst suggests enthusiasm, passion, even abandon. But it can also imply a lack of forethought and caution. Is going headfirst, then, something to be applauded—or a cause for concern? In Hebrew, the head—rosh—belongs not only to the body but also […]
The Mystery of Consciousness
By Dr. David Sanders In the summer course on the Convergence of Kabbalah and Science in Mystery our topics have included the universe’s existence, infinity, nothingness, time, synesthesia, and the hidden language of math. The final topic this week is consciousness, which has become even thornier with the advent of AI and the question of […]
Cherubim at the Entrance
Dr. David Sanders On my news feed an article appeared touting an important discovery. It was titled: Helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky exoplanet orbiting in a habitable zone. It caught my eye because of the lead author’s name, Collin Cherubim, who upon investigation is a 26-year-old Harvard researcher. The Cherubim, referenced […]
Hidden Names
by Dr. David Sanders The filmmaker, Alan Berliner, in the preamble to his documentary film (The Sweetest Sound) about the names we are given, referred to his own name as that “simple label assigned to me the day I was born.” He went on to say that his name, “has worked itself deep inside my […]
A Maddening Parable
by Dr. David Sanders Once an astrologer-king saw in the stars that anyone who would eat of the coming year’s harvest would go mad. He called in his trusted advisor to ask for his counsel. “Sire,” replied the advisor, “you and I shall eat only last year’s harvest, which is untainted. We shall remain sane.” […]
Receiving Russell
by David Sanders The box of Russell Stover assorted fine chocolates was so large it was impossible for it go unnoticed on the supermarket shelf. I took special note of it because I had been given a box of Russell Stover candies as a gift the day before. The man who handed it to […]