"I was curious if he thought the LLM's would ever do original work along the lines of Rawls, Nagel, himself, etc. and if they did would it be evidence...
I've always liked that example Kastrup gives, but as an idealist, I don't know where he's coming from when he doubts conscious machines. A collection ...
It was in an email. I was curious if he thought the LLM's would ever do original work along the lines of Rawls, Nagel, himself, etc. and if they did w...
Just as an aside, Chalmers thinks the LLM's will be doing original high-level philo work in the next few years. He thinks it will become less plausibl...
There's a decent chance the average American woman will have experienced some kind of violence or attempted violence in her lifetime (often sexual). A...
You're certainly right in my case. I don't live in a high crime area and I have been suicidal in the past. I just really don't want to be unarmed if t...
The probability calculus you're citing is going to depend on how often guns are used defensively. I asked ChatGPT this, and it's the first time it eve...
But there's going to be a set of people for whom that's not true. If I'm a single male in a high-crime area, I don't see how keeping a gun in the apar...
In Vietnam, the NVA, a military organization, was more instrumental than its civilian component, the VC. Afghanistan, you have a point, except those t...
Yeah, it's logically possible. But I put my Bob Ross hat on and say it's metaphysically impossible. But I don't believe that either. It's possible Ame...
They would have, and they would probably be moving to confiscate weapons, but in the interim, there are 400 million guns in the country and tons of am...
I was talking about a scenario where tyranny has already happened, with the help of the military and police and there are no constitutional rights any...
If that were true, there would be a lot more than the 100 or so LEO deaths in 2024. There's almost a million cops in the country. Getting gunned down ...
I just don't see this as plausible. If America becomes tyrannical, it will only be because the military and police forces support whatever tyrant ther...
We're just not going to agree on mercy and justice, but I'm curious why you think Jesus made such a sacrifice. He's an immortal part of some trinity. ...
Well yeah, that's the point. Gratuitous pain sucks. It's useless. Why would it be metaphysically impossible? The human body has some very poorly "desi...
My kid is grown. It's just me and my wife. I would never have a gun around if I ever get grandkids. But you're probably right anyway. It's probably mo...
That's true for a lot of people, but I suspect there's a lot of people who think like me: I know someone breaking into my house is pretty unlikely, bu...
I'm with T Clark. It's just chemistry. DNA only becomes interesting and/or meaningful when a mind emerges from all that biochemistry and marvels at it...
Wouldn't the average man make an average ruler? Someone who doesn't do too much harm or good? I'm thinking of most people I know and none of them woul...
Some pain is useful, but what's the point of unending agony when you already know you're hurt and can do nothing about it? Why didn't God allow us to ...
Some Americans are poorer than they used to be. My home is 12 years old. It's gone up 250% in value. I'm selling this year and am going to make hundre...
A vague utopia? If you were god, THIS would be the world you come up with? How about a world where we don't have to kill other creatures to survive? A...
Suppose someone mugged me and stole $20 bucks and then a day later ran into me again, broke down crying, apologized and gave me the $20 back. Should I...
Is information processing possible without an observer to interpret the results? A person using an abacus is processing information with it. Let's say...
To answer that, we would have to pin down exactly what kind of being Jesus is. Is he God? Part of some trinity? The son of God? The son of man? What, ...
Or he acted like he did. Or it never happened at all and the gospel writers wrote it like it did. But let's say it's true that for a day or two he fel...
Republicans believe all sorts of crazy stuff. They're primed to swallow some really kooky bullshit. When I was a kid, they fought tooth and nail to de...
That's to say is there something it's like to be a bunch of microchips in action? Maybe. There's something it's like to be a bunch of neurons in actio...
:100: Being scourged and crucified isn't fun, but maybe it's like the movie Palm Springs. If you know you can't die, maybe painful "deaths" are tolera...
Why would you say that? As an idealist, I think this is all a dream. There's only a cosmic mind and we're all conscious aspects of it. Think of a jigs...
Not quite. A soldier throwing himself on a grenade to save his comrades is heroic. A soldier with a ring of immortality jumping on grenades and in fro...
It's absurd because you know that knowledge of the physical facts of a book does not equate to knowing everything about the book. The book has to be r...
If the LLM's start making breakthroughs and displaying original thinking, that will imply maybe there's some emergent mentation happening. If they're ...
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