The specter of death is stressing me out! Better use up what little time remains by scrolling through websites that make me feel worse!
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The question isn’t "Is AI conscious?". The question is, “Can I treat this thing like trash all the time then go play video games and not feel shame”?
Another banger from SMBC comics. Reminds me of my biggest hack I've learned on how to have better philosophical discussions: if you're in a semantic debate (and they usually are semantic debates), take a step back and ask "What is t…
Using "speculative" as a pejorative is part of an anti-epistemic pattern that suppresses reasoning under uncertainty
If you disagree with someone's reasoning, just point out the flaw, or the premise you disagree with. If someone disparages an argument as "speculative", you can just say "Yeah, it's reasoning about uncertainty. Are you saying peo…
‘AI models are capable of novel research’: OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect
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Bret Weinstein says a human child is basically an LLM — ingesting language, experimenting, and learning from feedback. We’ve now replicated that process in machines, only faster and at scale. “The idea that they will become conscious and we won’t know is . . . highly likely.”
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What is the meaning of life? Depends on the life. For humans. . .
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