https://objf.ai/other-writing.html Editorials, essays, and other non-academic writing by James F. O'Brien. Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:02:00 GMT https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-omni-game-economy https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-omni-game-economy Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT When work disappears, what comes next? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-spore-threshold https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-spore-threshold Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Have we reached the point where self-improving machines that spread from star to star are no longer pure science fiction? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#grid-gentrification https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#grid-gentrification Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The problem with AI data center power demands is not the amount, it is the location. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-real-reason-to-put-servers-in https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-real-reason-to-put-servers-in Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT It is about building launch capacity and building the road to space. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-next-stage-of-the-ai-job-takeover https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-next-stage-of-the-ai-job-takeover Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Why credit defaults among the safest borrowers may be one of the signs that AI is already moving beyond entry-level jobs. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#academic-freedom-political-oversight https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#academic-freedom-political-oversight Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT US administrators will destroy academic freedom if they cite it to maintain autonomy over admissions and hiring. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#can-something-be-literally-impossible https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#can-something-be-literally-impossible Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Not just hard or complex, but utterly beyond comprehension. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-westworld-blunder https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-westworld-blunder Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Why AI should not suffer, even if it acts like it does. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#accusatory-ai-how-a-widespread-misuse https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#accusatory-ai-how-a-widespread-misuse Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT What should be done when an AI accuses a student of misconduct by using AI? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#an-illusion-of-life https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#an-illusion-of-life Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT Could existing AI possibly be sentient? If not, what is missing? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#fair-use-or-foul-theft-copyright https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#fair-use-or-foul-theft-copyright Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Does the use of society's resources come with an enforceable obligation to give back to society? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#student-loans-and-irresponsible-spending https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#student-loans-and-irresponsible-spending Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT Students are borrowing money to pay for college. Are university administrators spending their students borrowed money responsibly? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#artificial-intelligence-and-the-future https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#artificial-intelligence-and-the-future Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT Navigating between utopian dreams and dystopian fears. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#machine-learning-evolution-creation https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#machine-learning-evolution-creation Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT Modern AI techniques shed new light on old arguments. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#rick-and-morty-every-universe-fallacy https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#rick-and-morty-every-universe-fallacy Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT If anything can happen, would that imply that everything does happen? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-matrix-revisited-challenging https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-matrix-revisited-challenging Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT What if the tyrannical machines were actually benevolent protectors of humanity? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-end-of-required-work-universal https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#the-end-of-required-work-universal Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT How a tax on AI work might let everyone share the imminent bounty from AI automation. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#controlling-what-you-dont-understand https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#controlling-what-you-dont-understand Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT How do we control AI systems after they have evolved beyond human understanding? https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#preparing-for-uncomprehendable-ai https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#preparing-for-uncomprehendable-ai Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT Today, we control our machines, but the reverse seems increasingly inevitable. https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#life-at-radically-different-time-scales https://objf.ai/other-writing.html#life-at-radically-different-time-scales Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT Intelligent life might plausibly function at time scales massively longer or incredibly shorter than our own.