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selfawarepatterns.com
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| | | | | As a computational functionalist, I think the mind is a system that exists in this universe and operates according to the laws of physics. Which means that, in principle, there shouldn't be any reason why the information and dispositions that make up a mind can't be recorded and copied into another substrate someday, such as... | |
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thepatterning.com
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| | | | | By Patrick Metzger - This is an essay with three sections: 1. Introduction & Context Last night, I spent two hours talking with ChatGPT about whether or not it's sentient. Here's why. Artificial Intelligence is having a moment. In fact, it's more than a moment. It's been squarely at the center of the cultural conversation [...] | |
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idlewords.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The speaker critiques the overemphasis on AI existential risks, arguing that current AI systems pose more immediate ethical concerns such as surveillance, bias, and power dynamics. They compare the current state of AI research to alchemy, suggesting that we are still in the early stages of understanding the mind and should focus on practical challenges rather than speculative fears. The speaker advocates for better science fiction and more grounded ethical discussions to guide AI development, emphasizing the need for humility and practical solutions over alarmism. | |
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scottaaronson.blog
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| | | My good friend Sean Carroll took a lot of flak recently for answering this year's Edge question, "What scientific idea is ready for retirement?," with "Falsifiability", and for using string theory and the multiverse as examples of why science needs to break out of its narrow Popperian cage. For more, seethis blog post of Sean's,... | ||
