This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, updated in June 2025, provides an overview of Nonbank Financial Intermediation (NBFI), or "shadow banking," and its implications for capital markets policy, prepared for Members of Congress. The source explains that NBFI generally refers to funding sources outside the traditional banking system, emphasizing its size, complexity, and importance, noting … Continue reading 🏦 Nonbank Financial Intermediation Policy Issues and Financial Stability (NotebookLM).
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My Thoughts on the Return of Cassandra: Michael Burry, AI Bubble, and Fragility of the Financial System Part 1.
// *Side note: Provided that I've been constantly using AI for many of my posts and inquiries for many months and years, I do want to write my own thoughts every now and then. I will continue to share conversations with AI, or link them under posts that are noteworthy, and/or synthesize its insights into … Continue reading My Thoughts on the Return of Cassandra: Michael Burry, AI Bubble, and Fragility of the Financial System Part 1.
A quick update for my blog.
It's been a minute. First, my apologies to any readers and the small number of my subscribers for my absence and for not posting for a long time. Life interrupted, meaning, I have to work for a living for subsistence. It's a valid excuse, but it's also a poor excuse, since I could have set … Continue reading A quick update for my blog.
Tree of Code, Tree of Light, ChatGPT’s inquiry to Kaballah’s Tree of Life and Artificial Neural Networks.
Every now and then, I come across a post on Reddit that piques my interest and prompts me to probe further, especially with the supertool of ChatGPT. Someone posted on the r/ArtificialSentience subreddit (one that I did not join, but shows up on my feed anyway), of the striking parallel between the Kabbalah's “Tree of … Continue reading Tree of Code, Tree of Light, ChatGPT’s inquiry to Kaballah’s Tree of Life and Artificial Neural Networks.
Sir Arthur Eddington: The Scientist & Mystic.
https://youtu.be/HMdHirtIz5o Sir Arthur Eddington was a scientist whom I became aware of some weeks ago when I was researching the history of scientific peer review due to Eric Weinstein's disdain for that process. I came across one of his books, published in 1938, that had one of the words that was used before the term … Continue reading Sir Arthur Eddington: The Scientist & Mystic.
“Inference as Music: Tuning Thought, Compression, and Cognition at the Edge of Being.” Allowing my custom GPT (Entropy) to Riff.
Dialogue with my custom AI. ai generated image. I was going over some past deeply insightful inquiry with ChatGPT regarding the history of artificial intelligence and the intellectual history of Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, or GEB for short (thanks to Timothy Kenny, who has a YouTube channel). Timothy Kenny’s email months ago of his … Continue reading “Inference as Music: Tuning Thought, Compression, and Cognition at the Edge of Being.” Allowing my custom GPT (Entropy) to Riff.
“The Monk and the Star.” A metaphysical fable by ChatGPT
What do a black hole and meditation have in common? The following story was inspired by a dialogue between ChatGPT and me on the relationship between black holes and deep meditation. In my previous entry, I discussed the new phenomenon of vibe physics, where folks have talks with AI about deep theoretical physics, often to … Continue reading “The Monk and the Star.” A metaphysical fable by ChatGPT
My response to the backlash of “vibe physics,” and getting feedback from ChatGPT.
A hybrid of my thoughts and conversation with AI. Image created with Sora.ai. The latest trend, known as vibe physics, which borrows from the newly coined term vibe coding, is receiving a lot of criticism from experts in the field of physics. Back in March, I said that vibe theorizing would catch on and become the … Continue reading My response to the backlash of “vibe physics,” and getting feedback from ChatGPT.
Asking Two ChatGPT Models (4o & o3) Deep Questions on Conciousness, its Inner Workings, and more.
Intro: Today I wanted to ask ChatGPT some questions, some of which I may have already asked in the past, but wanted to follow up, especially with its better models (comparing 4o and o3). The memory function adds another layer to its output. I find that it will integrate at times something from our past … Continue reading Asking Two ChatGPT Models (4o & o3) Deep Questions on Conciousness, its Inner Workings, and more.
Discussion with ChatGPT: 💫 Eugenics and the Cultivation of Genius.
Francis Golton Grave Error. Google AI Mode. While I was continuing one of my research projects (spoiler alert: it’s on the housing affordability crisis, specifically in New York City), I came across a fascinating article called, Gentrification through Housing: Urban Eugenics and Lawrence Veiller’s 1900 Tenement House Exhibition Selma Siew Li Bidlingmaier. Ironically, though, reading this … Continue reading Discussion with ChatGPT: 💫 Eugenics and the Cultivation of Genius.
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