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 […]
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 […]
Proyecto 2025
por el Dr. David Sanders Tengo una regla general cuando se trata de la longitud de los libros que estoy dispuesto a leer. No recuerdo cómo empezó esta regla personal. Puede que hayan sido las tres veces que intenté leer la totalidad del clásico de Robert Pirsig, Zen y el arte del mantenimiento de motocicletas […]