Jim Rutt

I talked with @leecronin about @ChemifyX, his startup that aims to automate chemistry through “chemifarms” that turn code into molecules. jimruttshow.com/lee-cronin/ We discussed Chemify as an AWS for chemistry, the development of a chemical programming language & its evolution to…

"I'm very pleased to hear that because I think not many people have been taking that risk of going against the grain. I mean, these ideas are very popular, panpsychist ideas... whether it's outright panpsychism of the kind of you get from Philip Goff or Galen Strawson, or the…

I talked with Nicholas Humphrey about the ideas in his 2023 book *Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.* jimruttshow.com/nicholas-humph… We discussed the distinction between sentience & consciousness, access consciousness vs phenomenal consciousness, terminology in consciousness…

This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented person obsessed with questions about the nature of consciousness.

"One of the most basic observations we can make about the world is that the vast majority of people act on scripts—essentially roles that have been defined in advance." - @SamoBurja on his distinction between live and dead players

I talked with @SamoBurja about his @bismarckanlys report on the defense startup Anduril’s plan to modernize the U.S. military. jimruttshow.com/samo-burja-5/ We discussed “live players vs. dead players,” AI adoption & cognitive tools, Anduril’s background & naming origin, military…

"Politics and democracy actually don't mix. I really don't think the way politics is practiced, the two can coexist. They're opposed." - @rdhames020945 on what inspired his recent polemical post on the decline of Western civilization

I talked with @rdhames020945, picking up from the ideas in his recent Facebook essay about the decline of Western civilization. jimruttshow.com/richard-david-… We discussed the retreat from truth in politics & institutions, postmodernism’s impact on rationality, China’s governance…

"We've got ourselves in bit of a pickle where, simultaneously, there's been a lack of positive innovation on the whole over the past half-century, and at the same time, there's this sense that our institutions are failing, fraying at the edges, falling apart... And my argument is…

I talked with @Meaningness about rethinking nobility for the modern age through his recent “nobility tetralogy” of essays. jimruttshow.com/david-chapman/ We discussed character & virtue as “risible” concepts, noblesse oblige & elite education, nobility as intention vs status, “The…

"One is growing linearly, and making something planetary-sized and stuffing the planet inside. Let's call that masculine scaling. And the other form is more like replication. Having a solution that works here in place—and it's always place-based, that's really interesting. It…

I talked with @th0masschindler about heliogenic civilization as a vision for a regenerative future. jimruttshow.com/thomas-schindl… We discussed the current multipolar trap shitshow of global civilization, M3 money supply & GDP growth requirements, the doubling of energy demand, exit…

It's that time again! At 5pm today, I'll be signing off of Facebook and Twitter for my 6th annual six-month-long break. At least for me, I've found this practice to be quite helpful and can recommend it. As usual my producer will continue to post my podcasts, and if I publish…

Anyone with an interest in complex systems and AI, or who is a fan of @plinz, @jim_rutt, or @drmichaellevin should be watching this new institute with great interest.

“Reduction explains something about almost everything, but everything about almost nothing.” — Lawrence Cahoone

Conjecture: "everybody dies of cholera after the last Boomer retires from the water department". Discuss.

The idea of “Artificial Human Intelligence” from @AndersIndset is an interesting possible alternative to AGI/ASI. Worth a listen and decide for yourself.

"All of a sudden Magnus Carlsen plays this move. And this move shows Stockfish going into madness and saying, oh my God. What a big mistake! And all the commentators are pondering their minds and saying, what did Magnus—a player at that level? How can he make such a blunder?"…

I talked with @AndersIndset about his book *The Singularity Paradox: Bridging the Gap Between Humanity and AI,* co-authored with Florian Neutkart. jimruttshow.com/anders-indset/ We discussed the “final narcissistic injury of humankind,” Freud’s three historical narcissistic injuries,…