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www.huxley.net
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| | | | | [AI summary] The novel 'Brave New World' explores a dystopian society where individuality is suppressed in favor of collective stability and conformity. Through characters like Bernard Marx and John the Savage, the tension between the individual and society is highlighted, showing the dangers of a society that prioritizes control over personal freedom. The use of conditioning, hypnopaedia, and technology to shape behavior underscores the manipulation of truth and the suppression of free speech. The role of music and art serves as a symbol of resistance against this control, emphasizing the human desire for authenticity and individuality. | |
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scottaaronson.blog
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| | | | | Update (Dec. 17): Some of you might enjoy a 3-hour podcast I recently did with Lawrence Krauss, which was uploaded to YouTube just yesterday. The first hour is about my life and especially childhood (!); the second hour's about quantum computing; the third hour's about computational complexity, computability, and AI safety. I'm being attacked on... | |
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venam.net
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| | | | | The internet brings with it technological advancements that reminds us of dystopia that sci-fi writers have written about. So let's go beyond what we've tackled so far and project ourselves in hypothetical futures to posit bigger consequences. The two archetypical stories of dystopian futures are Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and 1... | |
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qualiacomputing.com
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| | | by Mike Johnson The following is my considered evaluation of the Foundational Research Institute, circa July 2017. I discuss its goal, where I foresee things going wrong with how it defines suffering, and what it could do to avoid these problems. TL;DR version: functionalism ("consciousness is the sum-total of the functional properties of our brains")... | ||
