I think the deepest emotion here is not simply the sadness of separation. It is the pain of loving people while knowing that their presence in our lives is never guaranteed. There are three different sorrows woven into this poem: the anticipatory grief of watching parents and elders grow old, the heartbreak of people we…
For much of human history, our intellectual development, ambitions and opportunities were heavily influenced by geography, social networks and the people surrounding us. We sought better environments because we believed that better surroundings would create better possibilities. Artificial intelligence introduces a fundamental alternative. We can now consciously design an intellectual and operational environment around ourselves.…