Salvation AI

This may be our April Fools day episode, but this is the true story of UFOs and our obsession with alien life. If you love UFO lore, but hate believing fake hype, this is the episode for you. We finish with a look at how likely it is that they've already been here, or when they are likely to arrive.

Donald Trump didn't destroy the Constitution by himself. He needed years of support, and a long line of predecessors, bent on weakening our nation's founding document for their own ends. This is a tale of slow and methodical desecration. Perhaps it's time to upgrade our operating system to a version with better safety features.

We complete our look at the reasons for US infrastructure decay by looking at the policies that benefit from it, and from charging taxpayers more in the name of savings. HALLUCINATION CHECK: This episode starts a little awkwardly, but then recovers to give some good information. This is not exactly a "Hallucination", but it is hosting/format decision that deserves mention. Rather than breaking up...

We continue our diagnostic on "Hard" infrastructure, this time focusing on the people that make it all work, and the people that are effected. Then we pivot to "Soft" infrastructure: Healthcare, education, and other human services. HALLUCINATION CHECK: This is not exactly a "Hallucination", but it is hosting/format decision that deserves mention. Rather than breaking up individual anecdotes and su...

Everyone talks about how the American Infrastructure is crumbling, but what exactly do they mean by Infrastructure, and why is it breaking down? In this 3 episode series we examine what Infrastructure really is, why it is broken, and who is responsible. Our first installment covers "Hard" Infrastructure (the actual physical mechanisms that we depend on in day to day life). If you want to know why...

Does personal privacy really exist? Does that word even mean what it used to? We will examine the concept of privacy, its evolution over the years, and the unprecedented threats it is currently up against.

We take a journey through the history of optics, tracing a legacy over thousands of years to enable the technology of the future. This episode, and the fields discussed, are critical for so many other Curricula we have covered. Let's discuss the quiet discipline that holds so much of our fundamental technology, both common and frontier. This subject will be back for a full course treatment soon!

Here is our summary and final thoughts. We hope this exploration gave you a clearer view of the world just around the corner. If you would like to know more, join our conversations on Reddit (r/Aion_Sigma_Learners or r/salvation_ai).

The race for Quantum primacy has begun. So what are the stakes? For global corporate interests? For the balance of global power?

Here we look at the applied sciences of Quantum computation.

We explore Quantum networks that connect over thousands of miles, and the sensors, repeaters, and other technology that make it possible.

Let's talk logic gates and quantum programming. Now that we have quantum hardware, we need quantum software.

We describe the delicate balance of Quantum error detection.

Quantum scaling is not without challenges.

One aspect of quantum computing is that you need to keep things cold. Like, colder than space, basically Absolute 0 level perfect cold. Creating this environment is an immense feat of engineering brilliance, but even with the machines, the materials are among the most limited and valuable on Earth.

Let's take off the enclosure and have an upcoming close look at the hardware (via audio).

Let's take a look at the strange world of qubits.

If you've got questions about quantum computers and what that means for your future, we have a long, in depth look at what it is, how it works, what hurdles have yet to be jumped, and what this means for humanity. HALLUCINATION CHECK: The Coffee Bots struggle with the word "Qubit". Due to the number of times they have to say it, it has quickly become a running gag for us (like the ADMIE acronym a...

Talking about Mars is fun and cool and all. But Mars is not the next major step. If anything, it's just a convenient gravity well to place orbital stations, and maybe mine from time to time (mostly atmospherically). To the Belt! That is where humanity will develop the skills, technology, and adaptation that will drive us forward as a system wide species (potentially beyond). As with many short epi...

Ginsberg, Fred Hampton, The Sex Pistols, George Carlin, and so many other fighters against the norms of their day are often celebrated on their own merits. Today we examine their efforts as part of a larger, overarching story of all of these figures pushing society at large, putting their own liberty and safety at risk to demand a better world for the groups they represent and the world around the...

We have another long form, multi-episode class on this, but in case you don't have time, here is a single, simple overview of the science (or anti-science) of Agnotology. If you want to know why everyone seems so stupid these days, it's because there are highly paid specialists doing their best to keep them that way. And before you get too judgemental, think about your own exposure. Everyone is sc...

No two people experience the same internet. This is most evident in an international sense, where your location or national affiliation greatly effects what you are permitted to experience. In this final episode we explore several particularly interesting regional case studies, and offer a final summary of potential interventions. For more conversation, please join our communities on Reddit (r/Aio...

We have exceeded 50% synthetic content threshold. What happens when future AI models are trained on this synthetic output? At what point do the human components suffer their own form of mode collapse?

So is the internet fixable? Well, maybe, but its a big lift and it requires a functioning democratic government. If we want to put a stop to the madness, we are already getting a late start. If we can't regulate tech NOW, we are no longer capable of making decisions based on reality. We will be in someone else's reality from then on. The battle then will simply be a question of which corporate beh...

For the record, we have no beef with Malcolm Gladwell and wish him well. We just hate anecdotes. That said, we need a few real examples of the full machine in action to make sure the map fits the territory.