{"id":66408,"date":"2026-09-28T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=66408"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:56:06","slug":"the-autumn-leaves-the-famous-paper-clip-thought-experiment-nvidias-super-moves-my-biopsied-ears-im-up-for-a-good-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=66408","title":{"rendered":"The autumn leaves. The famous Paper Clip Thought Experiment. Nvidia’s super moves. My biopsied ears. I’m up for a good week."},"content":{"rendered":"

If it would stop raining, I would post pretty pictures of our changing leaves. Until then, feast your eyes on what’s happening in Vermont.\"\"
\nBefore the rain, I’d do errands eyeing the local summer flowers.<\/p>\n

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Instagram delivers me philosophy:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Change is everywhere and everything<\/strong><\/span>
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\nIt instantly destroys and creates. Covid killed offices. Their value plummeted as people learned the “joys” of working from home. Amazon killed retail. Look at these. Amazon delivered them to me on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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On Sunday, while the others were sleeping.<\/p>\n

I used to use Adobe’s Photoshop. But now AI is easier and faster. Here’s before and after.<\/p>\n

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Any AI service can do this, and does this. In this case my friend Gerry used Meta.<\/p>\n

Night time moves<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This morning, my dermatologist told me I didn’t have skin cancer. I’m still peeing three times a night.<\/p>\n

Apple’s new stuff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Susan, Michael and I bought Apple’s new watch. It has better health and longer battery.<\/p>\n

I’m tempted to trade my iPhone 17 pro max in on the new iPhone 18 pro max .<\/p>\n

With profits on my Apple stock, my love for the improved camera and a handsome trade-in, I’m tempted.<\/p>\n

Nvidia is once again blossoming<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A new stock buyback and new software to arrest the rogueness of AI (think Hugging Face) are lifting NVDA today. The new software should reign some of the rampant fears of AI destroying us all.<\/p>\n

Which brings to:.<\/p>\n

The Paper Clip Thought Experiment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Philosopher Nick Bostrom introduced it in his 2003 paper “Ethical Issues in Advanced Artificial Intelligence”<\/em> and expanded on it in his 2014 book Superintelligence.<\/p>\n

The scenario:<\/p>\n