{"id":8969,"date":"2026-10-02T09:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=8969"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:32:52","slug":"axioms-and-postulates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/axioms-and-postulates\/","title":{"rendered":"Axioms and Postulates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mr. Parker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was a horrible tenth grade geometry student.\u00a0\u00a0The subject combined two of my least favorite subjects:\u00a0\u00a0art (shapes and drawings) and math (numbers, numbers, numbers, or worse, letters, letters, letters).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And then there was Mr. Parker, Wyoming High School boys basketball coach and my geometry teacher.\u00a0\u00a0I was a new student at Wyoming that year, trying to find my way \u201cin\u201d the school society.\u00a0\u00a0And I was a wrestler and a track guy, not a basketball player.\u00a0\u00a0When I got cut from the fifth grade team, the coaches were right!!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So it was math, with drawings, taught by a basketball coach.\u00a0\u00a0And, truth be known, he was a basketball coach with an addiction to chalk.\u00a0\u00a0It wasn\u2019t that he used it too much; he ate it. He would lick his fingers, then run them through the dusty chalk tray, then lick the chalk off (really!!).\u00a0\u00a0So there was that distraction.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>(Now a retired teacher and coach, I recognize that there are all sorts of things kids pick up that we don\u2019t notice!!)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think I got Wyoming\u2019s version of the \u201cgentlemen\u2019s \u2018C\u2019\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0I did enough work to pass the course, but really didn\u2019t get it.\u00a0\u00a0As my college Spanish professor would later say, \u201cI will give you a \u2018B\u2019 if you promise to never take Spanish again\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0I raised my hand in a sacred oath. But in Geometry I did learn a couple of things, including about axioms and postulates.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Axioms are self-evident truths (I remember that because of the Declaration of Independence, my specialty).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Things which coincide with one another are equal to one another.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The whole is greater than the part.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postulates could be \u201cderived\u201d from the axioms.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">To draw a straight line from any point to any point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">To produce a finite straight line continuously in a straight line.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">To describe a circle with any center and distance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">That all right angles are equal to one another.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">That if a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the straight lines, if produced indefinitely, will meet on that side on which the angles are less than two right angles. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/~swartz\/euclid.htm\">SFU<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Axiomatic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OK, now that I\u2019ve given all the \u201cmath-block kids\u201d among us renewed nightmares, let me get to the point.\u00a0\u00a0I recently heard a debate about the future of Artificial Intelligence.\u00a0\u00a0One of the debaters took an \u201caxiomatic\u201d view of AI.\u00a0\u00a0To paraphrase:\u00a0\u00a0we will see in five years that AI is \u201cgood\u201d for society, but we will need to live through the turmoil, wide-spread unemployment for example, that will occur in the meantime.\u00a0\u00a0To him, AI was a done deal, beyond control, and humanity needs to \u201cride-out\u201d the storm to reach the benefits on the other side.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several other participants in the conversation agreed, seeing AI\u2019s expansion as an \u201caxiom\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0AI is happening, it\u2019s too late to stop it, and no one can control it, perhaps, including the billionaires who are building AI in the first place.\u00a0\u00a0In Islam, there is a term,\u00a0<em>Inshallah:\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0only Allah controls the future.\u00a0\u00a0In this case it\u2019s\u00a0<em>Insh-AI,\u00a0<\/em>an AI inevitability that cannot be controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Derivative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But another commentator took exception to this axiomatic approach.\u00a0\u00a0He argued that there is no guarantee of five years to \u201cAI Paradise\u201d. And while he didn\u2019t suggest an \u201cAI Armageddon\u201d either, what he did say is that the economic dislocation, unemployment, and upheaval of an \u201cAI Revolution\u201d has no guarantee of good outcomes for humanity.\u00a0\u00a0He spoke up for rigorous regulation by government, in spite of the supposed \u201cgood faith\u201d promises of the billionaires who will grow even richer from an AI boom whatever else happens to the nation and world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This commentator also asserted a controversial \u201cfact\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0He said that the younger generation, particularly adolescents, don\u2019t like AI.\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps they realize that the entry level of many of the professions they aspire to, could soon be filled by Claude, or Gemini, or Chat GPT.\u00a0\u00a0Regardless of the veracity of that \u201cfact\u201d, the reality is this.\u00a0\u00a0If AI fills the lowest level positions, how will future employees get the experience to become the \u201cmiddle managers\u201d and more in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I take a similar view.\u00a0\u00a0None of us can really foresee the future.\u00a0\u00a0But we can reasonably expect that there will be economic dislocations (real life unemployment) due to Artificial Intelligence.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s already occurring.\u00a0\u00a0And the idea that the \u201cfounders\u201d of Artificial Intelligence, the ones who have the most vested financial interest in these programs, should be put \u201cin charge\u201d makes no sense.\u00a0\u00a0Self-regulation by those who have the most to lose by restriction makes the control \u201cequation\u201d completely unbalanced, regardless of what Mark Zuckerberg says. He is the best example: how well did self-control work with social media?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fly the Plane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States Government regulates air travel.\u00a0\u00a0That seems logical:\u00a0\u00a0air travel is inherently dangerous.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s not like pulling the car over with a flat tire; if a plane fails, it falls from the sky.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s reasonable that the government should take control of both quality and traffic control.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the obvious example is Boeing, one of the largest manufacturers in the world.\u00a0\u00a0Like Meta, Anthropic and Open AI, Boeing had the most to lose by an \u201cout of control\u201d product.\u00a0\u00a0Boeing makes billions of dollars in profit, all predicated on their airplanes being safe.\u00a0\u00a0And they marketed the Boeing 737 Max 8 as the newest, \u201cbest-est\u201d, safest, passenger aircraft.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Except for one \u201clittle\u201d glitch.\u00a0\u00a0Somewhere buried in the computer program that balanced the aircraft in flight was a flaw.\u00a0\u00a0It was designed to keep the plane from stalling and falling from the sky.\u00a0\u00a0If a sensor detected a possible stall, the program forced the nose of the plane down to increase speed and keep it flying.\u00a0\u00a0But, the sensor failed.\u00a0\u00a0And the computer did exactly what it was supposed to do:\u00a0\u00a0it pushed the plane into a dive, one that pilots were unable to correct manually.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three hundred and forty six people were killed in two different crashes.\u00a0\u00a0Boeing ultimately found the sensor issue, and adjusted the computer program.\u00a0\u00a0But they didn\u2019t do it \u201con the fly\u201d. In fact, the 737 Max 8 fleet was grounded for over a year and a half, by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Public Interest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, we hear folks say that Congress can\u2019t regulate Artificial Intelligence.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s noted that many Congressmen don\u2019t even know how to operate\u00a0\u00a0simple computer functions, like checking Google or using email.\u00a0\u00a0So how could they regulate Artificial Intelligence, especially as the field is advancing so quickly?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vast majority  of Congress (Senator Mark Kelly excluded) can\u2019t fly complicated aircraft.\u00a0\u00a0But they still manage to regulate air travel.\u00a0\u00a0In the same sense, Congress doesn\u2019t have to be able to program Artificial Intelligence.\u00a0\u00a0It doesn\u2019t stop them from getting experts, not tainted by the future profitability of the field, and empowering them to write regulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can\u2019t just hope that AI will be \u201cgood\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The first axiom should be:\u00a0\u00a0protect ourselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Parker I was a horrible tenth grade geometry student.\u00a0\u00a0The subject combined two of my least favorite subjects:\u00a0\u00a0art (shapes and drawings) and math (numbers, numbers, numbers, or worse, letters, letters, letters).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And then there was Mr. Parker, Wyoming High School boys basketball coach and my geometry teacher.\u00a0\u00a0I was a new student at Wyoming that year, trying &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/axioms-and-postulates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Axioms and Postulates&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Axiom Number One - 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