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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")...
| | philpapers.org
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| | [AI summary] The provided text is a collection of various academic and philosophical works, including journal articles, essays, and book preprints, covering topics such as cosmology, the philosophy of science, the anthropic principle, and the fine-tuning argument. It includes discussions on the structure of the universe, the nature of time, and the role of consciousness in science. There are also mentions of specific authors and their contributions to these fields, as well as some critiques of Bayesian reasoning and anthropic arguments. The text also contains some personal reflections and opinions on current scientific and philosophical debates.
| | disagreeableme.blogspot.com
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| | The anthropic principle has been much discussed and it is likely that you have already come across it. It's a strange and counter-intuit...
| | www.lesswrong.com
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| We founded Anthropic because we believe the impact of AI might be comparable to that of the industrial and scientific revolutions, but we aren't conf...