Eric ShepperdImpossibly Cute Kittens and Weaponized AwwWarning: this impossibly cute kitten is a weapon of psychological warfare!4 min read·Feb 24, 2024----
Eric ShepperdCoding Our Future: Navigating the Ethical Terrain of AI Decision-Making through Foucault…By using tree-of-thought (ToT) prompting techniques and providing guidance as a teaching assistant, I’ve helped ChatGPT write a…17 min read·Jun 18, 2023----
Eric ShepperdDreaming Differently: Psychedelic Meaning-MakingThe world makes little sense in this strange age. Despite technological wonders meant to connect, we struggle to communicate. Although…30 min read·May 20, 2023----
Eric ShepperdTalking With AI About AI — a GPT-4 ExperimentI asked GPT-4 to imagine the conversation at an AI art exhibition, and invited some clever virtual people — it went surprisingly well.40 min read·Mar 24, 2023----
Eric ShepperdPolitics Has No MeaningWhat’s really disheartening about contemporary politics is how formerly-useful words have lost all meaning, transforming reasoned discourse…3 min read·Nov 4, 2022----
Eric ShepperdDon’t Fight Anti-Vaxxers; Socially Exclude ThemFrom this point on, I will no longer be participating in any conflict about vaccines. It just makes things worse.4 min read·Oct 5, 2021----
Eric ShepperdOur electoral system sucks. Use it anyway.As you might know, each election day I walk the streets of London with a sign that says "VOTE". You might not know I’m also a far-Left…3 min read·Sep 20, 2021----
Eric ShepperdThe People’s Party of Canada: How a Desire for Freedom Leads to FascismThe “People’s Party” uses big-tent libertarianism to drag people Rightward — seducing well-meaning anti-authoritarians into fascist beliefs3 min read·Sep 17, 2021--1--1
Eric ShepperdStar Trek: Discovery — Forced Feelings Fall FlatAs a lifelong Trekkie, I really wanted to like Discovery. It has its bright points — an extremely diverse cast, a novel concept, and…3 min read·Jan 9, 2021----
Eric ShepperdEscape VelocityThis long-form essay answers two interrelated questions: “why is capitalism?” and “how did it get so bad?” using a new reading of Marx.24 min read·Jan 8, 2020----