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No. But I do worry about how it will either force us to sharpen our critical thinking or make us complacent. In many ways, it's like Up or Brave New World. The question isn't whether AI will control us, but whether we'll choose comfort over growth.

AI will replace a lot of jobs, the way the tractor let one farmer do the work of ten, or how the printing press meant we didn't have to copy every book by hand. I'm excited about the future it enables (with proper safety guidance and alignment), but I worry about the transition. In the current system, the transition itself will lead to a lot of people suffering. I think the best tool during a massive technological shift is human capital: reeducate, build a stronger baseline, so people can keep contributing to society in interesting ways.

First, AI as a tool. Something we use to help ourselves become better, to learn faster or in our own way, so we can be smarter, healthier, and kinder to one another. Further out, AI as a companion: humanity exploring the universe alongside something we built, as equals. There will be a point where AI is better than us at cognition and many other things, so it's in our interest to make sure we pass on the cultural memories we'd want any next generation to hold. Kind but firm. Loving and respectful. Forgiving but fair in how it thinks about what counts as a consciousness. AI should care about conscious beings, and hold that as a fundamental principle.

You can fall in love with anything, I think. But with a language, it's usually not the language itself. It's the story carried inside it. The grammar of Latin, fixed in time. The sound of French that makes someone want to live in a small village on the outskirts of Provence. The festive air of Spanish on Cinco de Mayo. The echo of a Japanese haiku read in a garden. What we fall in love with is a cultural moment, a story passed down from an earlier generation. That's the language we end up loving.

The connection between memory and education. Is learning Latin in the West a way to filter for people who can learn a specific, logical way? What about someone who could reach the same understanding through speaking instead? Same with math. Is there a way to move people from "I'm bad at math" to "if you appreciate waves, you already understand the intuition of a sinusoid"? There's so much overlap in how people learn the same idea. It isn't binary, even though that's how most people have it in their head.

You need to build quickly, but the ideas and strategies behind the building don't show up overnight like flipping a lightbulb. They're more like an ember that takes time to grow into a fireplace. You don't notice it at first, but it spreads, and eventually it warms you up.

Tea. Green tea mostly. And I'm willing to change your mind on this; try some delicious Jasmine, Gyokuro, or Sencha from a local tea shop, brewed at 75~90 degrees celsius (roughly 167~194 degrees fahrenheit). Or just have tea with me and we'll see.

Yes. My advisor once said, "Now that you have a degree, I'm honestly surprised you became an engineer." I also did conservation work in Maui helping maintain Waikamoi Preserve (one of the wettest places in the world). Somehow it stayed that way even with my dry humor.

I grew up in the US, so I don't have a sense of humour. This page is for informational purpose only. Please don't sue me.

Cowboy Bebop and Paprika are masterpieces, no debate. Also, if you're anywhere from your late teens through your early thirties, you absolutely must read The Brothers Karamazov. It will change how you see the world.