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NEW SAVANNA: Biological computationalism (why computers won't be conscious)
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Intellectual Lineages - Opentheory.net
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Is ChatGPT Conscious? Why AI Chats Can Feel Like Real People
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| | Jeff Wise reports many AI users get the sensation of talking to a real person. Scientists, including the skeptics, say it's time to consider whether AI they're onto something.
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Why I think the Foundational Research Institute should rethink its approach | Qualia Computing
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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")...
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DMT and Hyperbolic Geometry: 1 Million Views Special | Qualia Computing
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| My 2019 presentation The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences just hit one million views on YouTube: The casual QRI enjoyer may get the impression that this video encapsulates our current understanding of the phenomenology of DMT. The dedicated QRI reader/watcher, however, knows that we are light-years ahead in our understanding relative to where we were...