{"id":7277,"date":"2026-02-13T02:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ornbardur.com\/2026\/02\/13\/gervigreindin-og-eg-og-hetja-ad-nafni-mrinank\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T02:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:57:43","slug":"gervigreindin-og-eg-og-hetja-ad-nafni-mrinank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/?p=7277","title":{"rendered":"Gervigreindin og \u00e9g &#8211; og hetja a\u00f0 nafni Mrinank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u00d6ld valdleysis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>eftir<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iain McGilchrist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"419\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8081\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img_0738.jpg?w=575\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7276\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pub-c849b6aaf98340c4bec7b480b0f7ffe9.r2.dev\/2026\/02\/gervigreindin-og-eg-og-hetja-ad-nafni-mrinank.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>T\u00f6lvup\u00f3stur 12. febr\u00faar 2026 fr\u00e1 efnisveitu hans: The Matter with Things<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eSannleiksr\u00e1\u00f0uneyti\u00f0.\u201c \u00dea\u00f0 er alltaf \u00feess vir\u00f0i a\u00f0 spyrja hva\u00f0 n\u00fdtt slagor\u00f0 hylur, hva\u00f0 hreyfingin \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hrifsar leynilega fr\u00e1 \u00fe\u00e9r \u00e1 me\u00f0an h\u00fan vir\u00f0ist gefa. \u00dea\u00f0 er auglj\u00f3st a\u00f0 engin hreyfing, ekkert stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lar\u00edki, me\u00f0 or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u201efrelsi\u201c \u00ed nafni s\u00ednu bau\u00f0 nokkurn t\u00edma upp \u00e1 frelsi \u2013 \u00fea\u00f0 bau\u00f0, eins og vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll vitum n\u00f3gu vel, n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega hi\u00f0 gagnst\u00e6\u00f0a. Sama gildir um L\u00fd\u00f0veldi\u00f0 \u2014, Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ul\u00fd\u00f0veldi\u00f0 \u2014, og svo framvegis. Jafnvel fyrsta l\u00fd\u00f0veldi\u00f0 sem menn \u00edmyndu\u00f0u s\u00e9r, L\u00fd\u00f0veldi\u00f0 eftir Platon, var \u00ed mikilv\u00e6gum atri\u00f0um alr\u00e6\u00f0isr\u00edki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En \u00e1hrifin eru miklu v\u00ed\u00f0t\u00e6kari en vi\u00f0 h\u00f6ldum. David Bohm kalla\u00f0i upplj\u00f3munina r\u00e9ttilega \u201emyrkur\u201c: h\u00fan loka\u00f0i vestr\u00e6num huga \u00ed nokkur hundru\u00f0 \u00e1r fyrir mikilv\u00e6gum skilningslei\u00f0um, en tap \u00feeirra hefur \u2013 \u00ed gegnum stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lalegar og heimspekilegar afst\u00f6\u00f0ur til afoxunar efnishyggju \u2013 ekki a\u00f0eins \u00fdtt undir uppgang mj\u00f6g k\u00fagandi stj\u00f3rna, heldur sannarlega gert kynsl\u00f3\u00f0ir f\u00f3lks vans\u00e6lar er \u00feeim var ranglega kennt a\u00f0 tr\u00faa \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 ekkert \u00ed l\u00edfi \u00feeirra hef\u00f0i lengur merkingu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Misskilji\u00f0 mig ekki: ef \u00e9g hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfi snemma \u00e1 18. \u00f6ld \u00edmynda \u00e9g m\u00e9r a\u00f0 \u00e9g hef\u00f0i \u2013 vonandi ekki gagnr\u00fdnislaust e\u00f0a \u00e1n fyrirvara \u2013 teki\u00f0 gildi sl\u00edkrar hreyfingar til m\u00edn, s\u00e9\u00f0 \u00ed henni m\u00f6guleikann \u00e1 a\u00f0 frelsa f\u00f3lk fr\u00e1 margv\u00edslegum \u00f3tta og hj\u00e1tr\u00fa og gefa \u00fev\u00ed endurn\u00fdja\u00f0a sj\u00e1lfsvir\u00f0ingu. En \u00fea\u00f0 er til meginregla sem tryggir a\u00f0 lj\u00f3si\u00f0 \u00ed augunum \u00ed upphafi hreyfingar v\u00edkur fyrr e\u00f0a s\u00ed\u00f0ar fyrir myrkri \u2013 myrkri sem er allt of s\u00fdnilegt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me\u00f0 \u201eW\u00f3k-inu\u201c loku\u00f0u menn \u00ed raun augunum og sofnu\u00f0u \u2013 svefni sem Goya kalla\u00f0i svefn skynseminnar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1353\" height=\"1776\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8081\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img_0737.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7278\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00deegar skynsemin sefur fara skr\u00edmslin \u00e1 stj\u00e1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMELLTU \u00e1 fyrirs\u00f6gnina efst til a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 alla greinina!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frj\u00e1lslyndir ur\u00f0u a\u00f0 \u00e1str\u00ed\u00f0ufullum \u00f3frj\u00e1lslyndum. \u00de\u00f3tt or\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0a \u00feeirra v\u00e6ri g\u00f3\u00f0, voru \u00fe\u00e6r oft grimmilegar, hefndargjarnar og fullar af hatri. \u00c1form Kvennahreyfingarinnar \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0inu kunna a\u00f0 hafa veri\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0ar, en \u00fe\u00e6r skilu\u00f0u andst\u00e6\u00f0u fj\u00f6lbreytileika, jafnr\u00e9ttis og a\u00f0gengis. Meira frelsi fyrir konur var eitt sinn innbl\u00e1sin her\u00f3p, en sta\u00f0reyndin er s\u00fa a\u00f0 Kvennafrelsishreyfingin hefur ekki skila\u00f0 meiri hamingju fyrir konur. Hamingju og ge\u00f0heilsu hefur hraka\u00f0 enn meir \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu 40 \u00e1rum hj\u00e1 konum en k\u00f6rlum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F\u00f3lk eins og \u00e9g \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1 h\u00e6ttu a\u00f0 vera kalla\u00f0 n\u00f6fnum fyrir a\u00f0 benda \u00e1 veruleika sem vi\u00f0 \u00e6ttum \u00f6ll a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a beint, jafnvel \u00fe\u00f3tt hann samr\u00e6mist ekki \u00feeim ford\u00f3mum sem vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0 innr\u00e6tt kr\u00f6ftuglega \u00ed. Skyldubundnar heila\u00fevottalotur, sem leyf\u00f0u enga fj\u00f6lbreytni sko\u00f0ana, var greinilega bar\u00e1ttulei\u00f0in sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 lei\u00f0a til aukins \u201efrelsis\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c9g g\u00e6ti fari\u00f0 \u00ed margar \u00e1ttir me\u00f0 \u00feessari grein, s\u00e9rstaklega \u00fear sem \u00e9g er a\u00f0 b\u00faa mig undir a\u00f0 flytja a\u00f0alr\u00e6\u00f0u \u00e1 fundi um hugr\u00e6nt frelsi \u00ed Duke [h\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00ed USA] \u00ed mars, svo efni\u00f0 er m\u00e9r mj\u00f6g hugleiki\u00f0. En \u00e9g vil a\u00f0eins fylgja einni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Umhverfishamfarir stefna \u00ed alvarlega \u00e1tt, sorglegar, \u00f3hugsandi og ey\u00f0ileggjandi. \u00dea\u00f0 er eitthva\u00f0 sem \u00e9g \u00e1 erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 s\u00e6tta mig vi\u00f0. Engu a\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0ur, eins og \u00fei\u00f0 viti\u00f0, tel \u00e9g n\u00fa a\u00f0 \u00f3gnin sem stafar af gervigreind s\u00e9 enn verri. L\u00edfi\u00f0 g\u00e6ti a\u00f0 lokum lifa\u00f0 af fyrstu tegund hamfara; og kannski munu jafnvel einhverjar samf\u00e9lagsger\u00f0ir lifa af \u2013 hver veit, kannski kemur fram raunverulegra samf\u00e9lag, eitt sem haldi\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur saman af trausti, sam\u00fa\u00f0 og f\u00e9lagsskap, ekki \u00f3hei\u00f0arleika, misnotkun og fjandskap. En gervigreind \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir dau\u00f0a, flj\u00f3tlega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fyrir tveimur d\u00f6gum skrifa\u00f0i herrama\u00f0ur a\u00f0 nafni Mrinank Sharma m\u00e9r grein, sem h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 lesa h\u00e9r. M\u00e9r fannst h\u00fan \u00e1hyggjuefni, en mj\u00f6g \u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g var a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra um \u00e1hrif gervigreindar \u00e1 menn, s\u00e9rstaklega \u00fe\u00e1 sem t\u00f6ldu sig eiga \u201esamband\u201c vi\u00f0 v\u00e9l. Og fyrirs\u00f6gnin \u201evaldleysi\u201c vakti athygli m\u00edna, \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 slagor\u00f0 okkar t\u00edma er \u201evaldefling\u201c, en \u00ed raun hefur aldrei veri\u00f0 til jafnmikil &#8220;valdleysisefling&#8221; sem kemur til okkar allra \u00e1 \u00f3gnarhra\u00f0a me\u00f0 tilkomu gervigreindar. Og eitt af \u00fev\u00ed sem Sharma sag\u00f0i m\u00e9r um grein s\u00edna var: \u201e\u00c9g byggi \u00e1 hugmynd \u00feinni um gildisskynjun, en er a\u00f0 rannsaka hvernig gervigreindara\u00f0sto\u00f0armenn g\u00e6tu takmarka\u00f0 getu f\u00f3lks til a\u00f0 skynja gildi.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00fa g\u00e6ti or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u201egildisskynjun\u201c hlj\u00f3ma\u00f0 undarlega \u00ed fyrstu. \u00dea\u00f0 er \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu \u201eWertnehmung\u201c sem nota\u00f0 var af hinum mikla gildisheimspekingi Max Scheler og dregur fram s\u00e9rstaka getu okkar til a\u00f0 \u00e1tta okkur \u00e1 inns\u00e6i e\u00f0a gildi einhvers \u00e1\u00f0ur en vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum nokkra lei\u00f0 til a\u00f0 reikna \u00fea\u00f0 \u00fat. Eins og \u00fe\u00fa veist er \u00e9g sannf\u00e6r\u00f0ur um mi\u00f0l\u00e6ga st\u00f6\u00f0u gildis \u00ed me\u00f0vitund okkar \u2013 hvernig \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki eitthva\u00f0 sem vi\u00f0 finnum upp til a\u00f0 hressa okkur vi\u00f0, heldur eitthva\u00f0 sem er til fyrir okkur og er grundvallar\u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed me\u00f0vitundinni sj\u00e1lfri. \u00c9g tel a\u00f0 alheimurinn s\u00e9 \u00ed \u00fer\u00f3un og hluti af \u00feeirri \u00fer\u00f3un er a\u00f0 kynnast sj\u00e1lfum s\u00e9r me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00f6guleikar birtast \u00ed veruleika. S\u00e9rstakt hlutverk mannsins er a\u00f0 \u00f3ma, endurgjalda, taka \u00e1byrg\u00f0 \u00e1 a\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpa gildum hins sanna, hins g\u00f3\u00f0a, hins fagra og hins heilaga a\u00f0 koma s\u00edfellt fram \u00ed tilverunni. Vi\u00f0 anna\u00f0 hvort breg\u00f0umst vi\u00f0 og hj\u00e1lpum \u00feeim a\u00f0 vaxa, e\u00f0a vi\u00f0 gerum \u00fea\u00f0 ekki og l\u00e1tum \u00feau farast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00dea\u00f0 er \u00f6rlagar\u00edk \u00e1kv\u00f6r\u00f0un okkar, b\u00e6\u00f0i sem einstaklinga og sem mannkyns. Og ef vi\u00f0 \u00e6ttum einhvern t\u00edma a\u00f0 hverfa \u00far heiminum, \u00fe\u00e1 mun engin v\u00e9l nokkurn t\u00edmann geta gegnt \u00feessu hlutverki \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daginn eftir f\u00e9kk \u00e9g skilabo\u00f0 fr\u00e1 samstarfsmanni m\u00ednum, taugav\u00edsindamanninum og heimspekingnum \u00c0lex G\u00f3mez-Mar\u00edn, me\u00f0 tengil \u00e1 eftirfarandi opinbera br\u00e9f fr\u00e1 Mrinank Sharma, um upps\u00f6gn hans hj\u00e1 Anthropic. Anthropic er eitt r\u00edkasta fyrirt\u00e6ki \u00ed heimi, vir\u00f0i \u00feess hefur h\u00e6kka\u00f0 \u00far 183 millj\u00f6r\u00f0um dala \u00ed 350 milljar\u00f0a dala \u00e1 fj\u00f3rum m\u00e1nu\u00f0um. \u00c9g haf\u00f0i r\u00e9tt \u00ed \u00feessu rekist \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0, \u00fev\u00ed \u00ed h\u00f3pm\u00e1ls\u00f3kn fyrir h\u00f6nd h\u00f6funda heimsins (sem \u00e9g er au\u00f0vita\u00f0 einn af) var Anthropic neytt til a\u00f0 grei\u00f0a \u00fat 1,5 milljar\u00f0a dala til h\u00f6funda hverra verk  h\u00f6f\u00f0u veri\u00f0 r\u00e6nd og r\u00e6nt til a\u00f0 f\u00e6\u00f0a gervigreind s\u00edna. Svo skyndilega komu nokkrir \u00fer\u00e6\u00f0ir saman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vinsamlegast lesi\u00f0 uppsagnarbr\u00e9f Mrinank:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">K\u00e6ru samstarfsmenn,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c9g hef \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00e6tta \u00ed Anthropic. S\u00ed\u00f0asti dagur minn ver\u00f0ur 9. febr\u00faar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00deakka \u00fe\u00e9r fyrir. \u00dea\u00f0 er svo margt h\u00e9r sem veitir m\u00e9r innbl\u00e1stur og hefur veitt m\u00e9r innbl\u00e1stur. Til a\u00f0 nefna nokkur af \u00feessum atri\u00f0um: einl\u00e6g l\u00f6ngun og drifkraftur til a\u00f0 m\u00e6ta svona krefjandi a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0um og stefna a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 leggja mitt af m\u00f6rkum \u00e1 \u00e1hrifar\u00edkan og hei\u00f0arlegan h\u00e1tt; vilji til a\u00f0 taka erfi\u00f0ar \u00e1kvar\u00f0anir og standa me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed sem er gott; \u00f3h\u00f3flegt magn af vitsmunalegri snilld og \u00e1kve\u00f0ni; og au\u00f0vita\u00f0 s\u00fa mikla g\u00f3\u00f0vild sem gegns\u00fdrir menningu okkar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c9g hef n\u00e1\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed sem \u00e9g vildi h\u00e9r. \u00c9g kom til San Francisco fyrir tveimur \u00e1rum, eftir a\u00f0 hafa loki\u00f0 doktorspr\u00f3fi m\u00ednu og vildi leggja mitt af m\u00f6rkum til \u00f6ryggis \u00ed gervigreind. \u00c9g tel mig heppinn a\u00f0 hafa geta\u00f0 lagt mitt af m\u00f6rkum til \u00feess sem \u00e9g hef h\u00e9r; a\u00f0 skilja undirferli gervigreindar og orsakir \u00feess; a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3a varnir til a\u00f0 draga \u00far \u00e1h\u00e6ttu af v\u00f6ldum l\u00edfr\u00e6nna hry\u00f0juverka me\u00f0 a\u00f0sto\u00f0 gervigreindar; a\u00f0 koma \u00feessum v\u00f6rnum \u00ed framkv\u00e6md; og a\u00f0 skrifa eina af fyrstu \u00f6ryggisr\u00e1\u00f0leggingunum um gervigreind. \u00c9g er s\u00e9rstaklega stoltur af n\u00fdlegri vi\u00f0leitni minni til a\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpa okkur a\u00f0 lifa eftir gildum okkar me\u00f0 innri gagns\u00e6isferlum; og einnig lokaverkefni m\u00ednu um a\u00f0 skilja hvernig a\u00f0sto\u00f0armenn gervigreindar g\u00e6tu gert okkur minna mannleg e\u00f0a skekkt mann\u00fa\u00f0 okkar. \u00deakka \u00fe\u00e9r fyrir trausti\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Engu a\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0ur er m\u00e9r lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 t\u00edminn til a\u00f0 halda \u00e1fram er kominn. \u00c9g finn mig st\u00f6\u00f0ugt \u00feurfa a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur okkar. Heimurinn er \u00ed h\u00e6ttu. Og ekki bara vegna gervigreindar e\u00f0a efnavopna, heldur vegna heillar ra\u00f0ar samtengdra kreppa sem eiga s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00feessari stundu. Vi\u00f0 vir\u00f0umst vera a\u00f0 n\u00e1lgast \u00fer\u00f6skuld \u00fear sem viska okkar ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 vaxa jafnt og geta okkar til a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1hrif \u00e1 heiminn, ella horfumst vi\u00f0 \u00ed augu vi\u00f0 aflei\u00f0ingarnar. Ennfremur hef \u00e9g \u00edtreka\u00f0 s\u00e9\u00f0 \u00e1 me\u00f0an \u00e9g hef veri\u00f0 h\u00e9r hversu erfitt \u00fea\u00f0 er a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta gildi okkar stj\u00f3rna gj\u00f6r\u00f0um okkar. \u00c9g hef s\u00e9\u00f0 \u00feetta innra me\u00f0 m\u00e9r, innan stofnunarinnar, \u00fear sem vi\u00f0 st\u00f6ndum st\u00f6\u00f0ugt frammi fyrir \u00fer\u00fdstingi til a\u00f0 leggja til hli\u00f0ar \u00fea\u00f0 sem skiptir mestu m\u00e1li, og einnig \u00ed samf\u00e9laginu \u00ed heild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00dea\u00f0 er me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 horfast \u00ed augu vi\u00f0 \u00feessa st\u00f6\u00f0u og hlusta eins vel og \u00e9g get a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g ver\u00f0 a\u00f0 gera ver\u00f0ur lj\u00f3st. \u00c9g vil leggja mitt af m\u00f6rkum \u00e1 \u00feann h\u00e1tt a\u00f0 \u00e9g finni fyrir fullum heilindum m\u00ednum og sem gerir m\u00e9r kleift a\u00f0 koma me\u00f0 fleiri af m\u00ednum s\u00e9rkennum. \u00c9g vil kanna \u00fe\u00e6r spurningar sem m\u00e9r finnst sannarlega nau\u00f0synlegar, spurningarnar sem David Whyte myndi segja a\u00f0 \u201ehafi engan r\u00e9tt til a\u00f0 fara burtu\u201c, spurningarnar sem Rilke \u00fer\u00e1bi\u00f0ur okkur um a\u00f0 \u201elifa\u201c. Fyrir mig \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir \u00feetta a\u00f0 fara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hva\u00f0 gerist n\u00e6st? \u00c9g veit \u00fea\u00f0 ekki. \u00c9g hugsa me\u00f0 hl\u00fdju til hinnar fr\u00e6gu Zen-tilvitnunar \u201ehi\u00f0 n\u00e1nasta er a\u00f0 vita ekki\u201c. Markmi\u00f0 mitt er a\u00f0 skapa r\u00fdmi til a\u00f0 leggja til hli\u00f0ar \u00fea\u00f0 skipulag sem hefur haldi\u00f0 m\u00e9r undanfarin \u00e1r og sj\u00e1 hva\u00f0 g\u00e6ti komi\u00f0 fram \u00ed fjarveru \u00feess. \u00c9g finn mig kalla\u00f0an til a\u00f0 skrifa og fjalla um og tengjast a\u00f0 fullu \u00feeim sta\u00f0 sem vi\u00f0 erum st\u00f6dd \u00ed og setur lj\u00f3\u00f0r\u00e6nan sannleika vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 v\u00edsindalegs sannleika sem jafngildar lei\u00f0ir til a\u00f0 vita, sem \u00e9g tel a\u00f0 hafi eitthva\u00f0 nau\u00f0synlegt fram a\u00f0 f\u00e6ra vi\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3un n\u00fdrrar t\u00e6kni. \u00c9g vona a\u00f0 geta kanna\u00f0 lj\u00f3\u00f0list \u00e1 markvissan h\u00e1tt me\u00f0 n\u00e1mi og helga\u00f0 mig hugrakkri or\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0u. \u00c9g er l\u00edka spenntur fyrir a\u00f0 d\u00fdpka i\u00f0kun m\u00edna \u00e1 svi\u00f0i lei\u00f0sagnar, \u00fej\u00e1lfunar, samf\u00e9lagsuppbyggingar og h\u00f3pvinnu. Vi\u00f0 sj\u00e1um hva\u00f0 gerist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Takk fyrir og bless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c9g hef l\u00e6rt svo miki\u00f0 af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 vera h\u00e9r og \u00e9g \u00f3ska \u00fe\u00e9r alls hins besta. \u00c9g skil \u00feig eftir me\u00f0 einu af m\u00ednum upp\u00e1haldslj\u00f3\u00f0um:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eins og \u00fea\u00f0 er &#8211; The Way It Is &#8211; eftir William Stafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gangi \u00fe\u00e9r vel,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mrinan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eins og \u00fea\u00f0 er<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00dea\u00f0 er \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0ur sem \u00fe\u00fa fylgir. Hann fer \u00e1 milli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hluta sem breytast. En hann breytist ekki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F\u00f3lk veltir fyrir s\u00e9r hverju \u00fe\u00fa s\u00e6kist eftir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00de\u00fa ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 \u00fatsk\u00fdra \u00feetta me\u00f0 \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0inn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En \u00fea\u00f0 er erfitt fyrir a\u00f0ra a\u00f0 skilja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c1 me\u00f0an \u00fe\u00fa heldur honum getur\u00f0u ekki villst. Harmleikir henda; f\u00f3lk slasast e\u00f0a deyr;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">og<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00fe\u00fa \u00fej\u00e1ist og eldist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ekkert sem \u00fe\u00fa gerir megnar a\u00f0 st\u00f6\u00f0va afhj\u00fapun t\u00edmans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00de\u00fa sleppir aldrei taki af \u00fer\u00e6\u00f0inum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Stafford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sama dag s\u00e1 \u00e9g \u00feessa fyrirs\u00f6gn \u00ed bloggi Rod Dreher:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gervigreindarma\u00f0urinn samsamar sig algj\u00f6rlega McGilchrist. Greinin v\u00edsa\u00f0i \u00ed sama br\u00e9f. Svo opna \u00e9g Times bla\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed morgun og finn fyrirs\u00f6gnina: \u201eHeimurinn er \u00ed h\u00e6ttu\u201c: Gervigreindarrannsakendur h\u00e6tta me\u00f0 opinberum vi\u00f0v\u00f6runum, s\u00e9rstaklega me\u00f0 v\u00edsan til \u00feess a\u00f0 Mrinank Sharma yfirgaf Anthropic og Zo\u00eb Hitzig yfirgaf OpenAI. Svo, \u00ed stuttu m\u00e1li, hef \u00e9g margt a\u00f0 segja, en \u00e9g mun takmarka mig vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 segja \u201evel gert hj\u00e1 \u00feeim\u201c. \u00c9g vona a\u00f0 \u00feau hafi t\u00f6luver\u00f0 \u00e1hrif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c9g vona a\u00f0 margir starfsmenn gervigreindar muni taka hugrekki \u00feeirra til eftirbreytni. Ef einhver ykkar heldur a\u00f0 \u00fei\u00f0 g\u00e6tu\u00f0 gert \u00fea\u00f0, en hafi\u00f0 efasemdir, \u00fe\u00e1 er n\u00fa kominn t\u00edmi til a\u00f0 breg\u00f0ast vi\u00f0 \u00e1 me\u00f0an \u00fea\u00f0 hefur enn \u00e1hrif og \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00fea\u00f0 er um seinan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AI and me and a hero called Mrinank<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Age of Disempowerment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iain McGilchrist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u00f6lvup\u00f3stur fr\u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0unni hans: The Matter with Things 12. feb. 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The Ministry of Truth.\u2019 It\u2019s always worth asking what a new slogan is disguising, what the movement behind it is secretly taking away from you while appearing to give. It is obvious that no movement, no political state, with the word \u2018liberty\u2019 in its name ever offered freedom \u2013 it offered, as we all know well enough, the exact opposite. Same with the Democratic Republic of \u2014, the People\u2019s Republic of \u2014, and so on. Even the first republic to be envisioned, Plato\u2019s Republic, was in important respects a totalitarian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the effect is far more pervasive than we think. David Bohm rightly called the Enlightenment the \u2018Endarkenment\u2019: it closed the Western mind for several hundred years to important modes of understanding, the loss of which has \u2013 through political and philosophical positions of reductive materialism \u2013 not only fuelled the rise of highly oppressive regimes, but truly immiserated generations of people who were falsely taught to believe that nothing in their lives any longer had meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t get me wrong: if I had been alive in the early eighteenth century I imagine I would \u2013 I hope not uncritically or without reserve \u2013 have embraced the value of such a movement, seeing in it the potential for freeing people from many fears and superstitions, and giving them renewed self-respect. But there is a principle that ensures that the light in the eyes at the heady outset of a movement sooner or later gives way to darkness &#8211; darkness all too visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With \u2018woke\u2019, people actually closed their eyes and fell asleep \u2013 what Goya called the sleep of reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The liberal became the passionately illiberal. While their rhetoric was of kindness, they were often vicious, vindictive, and filled with hate. The intentions of DEI on the surface might have been good, but produced the opposite of diversity, of equity, and of inclusivity. Greater freedom for women was once an inspiring battle cry, but the fact is that Women\u2019s Lib has not issued in an era of greater happiness for women. Happiness and mental health has declined over the last 40 years even more steeply in women than in men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People like myself risk being called names for pointing out realities that we should all be looking at squarely, even if they do not accord with the prejudices into which we have been vigorously indoctrinated. Compulsory brain-washing sessions, which permitted no diversity of opinion, were apparently how the battle for \u2018freedom\u2019 was to be won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many directions in which I could take this piece, especially as I am preparing to give the keynote address at a meeting on cognitive freedom at Duke in March, so the topic is much on my mind. But I want to follow just one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmental disasters will be grievous, tragic, and unimaginably destructive. That is something I find hard to come to terms with. All the same, as you know, I now believe that = the threat posed by AI is worse still. Life may ultimately survive the first kind of disaster; and maybe even forms of society will survive \u2013 who knows, perhaps a truer society will emerge, one held together by trust, compassion, and fellowship, not dishonesty, exploitation and enmity. But AI spells death, soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Two days ago <\/strong>a gentleman called Mrinank Sharma wrote to me sending a paper, which can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0935d8cb-7ccb-4e5b-a398-2b50c496dce5?j=eyJ1IjoiMmlybnlwIn0.9-Rb7g4XpfogMIvVUyDZoXV58xTVj4JfKV-C1mXRWBk\">here<\/a>. I found it troubling, but very much in line with what I was learning about the impact of AI on humans, especially those who believed they had a \u2018relationship\u2019 with a machine. And the headlined word \u2018disempowerment\u2019 caught my attention, because the catchword of our age is \u2018empowerment\u2019, while in fact there can never have existed a disempowerment to compare with what is coming to us all at breakneck speed through the espousing of AI. And one of the things Sharma told me about his paper was \u2018I build upon your concept of valueception, but am investigating how AI assistants could limit people\u2019s abilities to valuecept\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the word \u2018valueception\u2019 may sound odd initially. It is a translation of the word <em>Wertnehmung <\/em>used by the great philosopher of value Max Scheler, and brings into focus our special capacity for realising intuitively the value of something before we have any way of calculating it. As you know, I am convinced of the central place of value in our consciousness \u2013 how it is not something we invent to cheer ourselves up, but something that pre-exists us, and is a fundamental aspect of consciousness itself. I hold that the cosmos is in evolution, and part of that evolution is coming to know itself through the unfolding of potential into actuality. The special role of humans is to resonate, to reciprocate, to take respons-ibility for helping the values of the true, the good, the beautiful and the sacred to come evermore forth into being. We either respond and help them grow, or we fail to do so and let them perish. That is our fateful choice, individually and as a people. And if we should ever go from the world, no machine will ever be able to fulfil this role in an eternity of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The next day<\/strong> I received a message from my colleague the neuroscientist and philosopher \u00c0lex G\u00f3mez-Mar\u00edn, enclosing a link to the following public letter from Mrinank Sharma, about his resignation from Anthropic. Anthropic is one of the richest corporations in the world, its value rocketing from $183 billion to $350 billion in four months. I had just come across it, because in a class action on behalf of the world\u2019s authors (of whom I am of course one), Anthropic was forced to pay out a paltry $1.5 billion to the authors whose work it had strip-mined and ripped off to feed its AI. So, suddenly, several threads came together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please read Mrinank\u2019s resignation letter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve decided to leave Anthropic. My last day will be February 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you. There is so much here that inspires and has inspired me. To name some of those things: a sincere desire and drive to show up in such a challenging situation, and aspire to contribute in an impactful and high-integrity way; a willingness to make difficult decisions and stand for what is good; an unreasonable amount of intellectual brilliance and determination; and, of course, the considerable kindness that pervades our culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve achieved what I wanted to here. I arrived in San Francisco two years ago, having wrapped up my PhD and wanting to contribute to AI safety. I feel lucky to have been able to contribute to what I have here; understanding AI sycophancy and its causes; developing defences to reduce risks from Al-assisted bioterrorism; actually putting those defences into production; and writing one of the first AI safety eases. I\u2019m especially proud of my recent efforts to help us live our values via internal transparency mechanisms; and also my final project on understanding how AI assistants could make us less human or distort our humanity. Thank you for your trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, it is clear to me that the time has come to move on. I continuously find myself reckoning with our situation. The world is in peril. And not just from AI, or bioweapons, but from a whole series of interconnected crises unfolding in this very moment. <strong>We appear to be approaching a threshold where our wisdom must grow in equal measure to our capacity to affect the world, lest we face the consequences. Moreover, throughout my time here, I\u2019ve repeatedly seen how hard it is to truly let our values govern our actions. I\u2019ve seen this within myself, within the organization, where we constantly face pressures to set aside what matters most, and throughout broader society too.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is through holding this situation and listening as best I can that what I must do becomes clear. I want to contribute in a way that feels fully in my integrity, and that allows me to bring to bear more of my particularities. I want to explore the questions that feel truly essential to me, the questions that David Whyte would say \u201chave no right to go away\u201d, the questions that Rilke implores us to \u201clive\u201d. For me, this means leaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What comes next. I do not know. I think fondly of the famous Zen quote <em>\u201cnot knowing is most intimate\u201d.<\/em> My intention is to create space to set aside the structures that have held me these past years, and see what might emerge in their absence. I feel called to writing that addresses and engages fully with the place we find ourselves, and that places poetic truth alongside scientific truth as equally valid ways of knowing, both of which I believe have something essential to contribute when developing new technology. I hope to explore a poetry degree and devote myself to the practice of courageous speech. I am also excited to deepen my practice of facilitation, coaching, community building and group work. We shall see what unfolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you, and goodbye. I\u2019ve learnt so much from being here and I wish you the best. I\u2019ll leave you with one of my favourite poems, <em>The Way It Is<\/em> by William Stafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good luck,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mrinan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Way It Is<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a thread you follow. It goes among<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">things that change. But it doesn\u2019t change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People wonder about what you are pursuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have to explain about the thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it is hard for others to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While you hold it you can\u2019t get lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">you suffer and get old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing you do can stop time\u2019s unfolding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u2019t ever let go of the thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>William Stafford<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same day, I saw this heading in Rod Dreher\u2019s blog: <em>AI dude goes full McGilchrist<\/em>. The piece referred to this same letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Then<\/strong> I open the Times newspaper this morning and find the headline: <em>\u2018The world is in peril\u2019: AI researchers quit with public warnings<\/em>, referring in particular to Mrinank Sharma leaving Anthropic and Zo\u00eb Hitzig leaving OpenAI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, in short, much to say, but I shall confine myself to saying \u2018 well done them\u2019. I hope they make a considerable impact. I hope their courageous stand will be emulated by many AI workers. If any of you think you might, but have doubts, now is the time to act while it still has impact and before it is too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00d6ld valdleysis eftir Iain McGilchrist T\u00f6lvup\u00f3stur 12. febr\u00faar 2026 fr\u00e1 efnisveitu hans: The Matter with Things \u201eSannleiksr\u00e1\u00f0uneyti\u00f0.\u201c \u00dea\u00f0 er alltaf \u00feess vir\u00f0i a\u00f0 spyrja hva\u00f0 n\u00fdtt slagor\u00f0 hylur, hva\u00f0 hreyfingin \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hrifsar leynilega fr\u00e1 \u00fe\u00e9r \u00e1 me\u00f0an h\u00fan vir\u00f0ist gefa. \u00dea\u00f0 er auglj\u00f3st a\u00f0 engin hreyfing, ekkert stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lar\u00edki, me\u00f0 or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u201efrelsi\u201c \u00ed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greinar-og-hugvekjur-articles"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}