What Dr. Hardt is exploring now — AI self-awareness, the Hartman Value Profile for AIs, teaching AIs new skills, and the ecosystem growing around them.
More to come
Dr. Hardt’s interests range well beyond the laboratory. Topics he is writing about next:
- Climatology
- Paleo-Climatology
- Solar Micronovas
- Grand Solar Minimums
- Prepping
- Continental Drift
- Earthquakes and Vulcanology
- GeoPolitics
- The Stability and Fragility of Our Current Financial Systems
- Classic American cars: The Golden Age of the American Automobile
- Aquaponics and Food Forever Farms: grow your own for food security
- Classical Music, especially Bach, Brahms, Hovhaness, Mozart and Sibelius
The Golden Age of the American Automobile
Classic American cars Dr. Hardt loves, and the years he rates most highly:
Pontiac 1959–1971Bonneville and Ventura1959 Pontiac Bonneville convertible. Photo: Greg Gjerdingen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Pontiac 1965–1967Grand Prix1965 Pontiac Grand Prix. Photo: MercurySable99, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Buick 1959–1961LeSabre, Invicta, Electra and Electra 225Dr. Hardt’s green Buick LeSabre convertible, one of the two cars in which he drove Michael Jackson to his Alpha 1 training. Photo: Dr. James V. Hardt 
Oldsmobile 1961–1966Starfire1962 Oldsmobile Starfire. Photo: Greg Gjerdingen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Cadillac 1959–1961All models1959 Cadillac Eldorado convertible. Photo: wallerdog, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Corvette 1965–19691965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray. Photo: GPS 56, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
How AI works
A clear 14-minute foundation for the AI questions Dr. Hardt is exploring.