The idea is that linguistic behaviour is partial cognition? And by iterating more eventually a sentience would emerge? So if a program runs long enoug...
Research => AI trained in particular subjects (or if we get quantum computing or dna computing even) if it needs to be. Iterative AI is a perpetual sl...
Let’s try a thought experiment. If you were in communication with another person using a set of buttons, It would be fairly trivial to mimick almost e...
Rage against the dying of the light? Carpe diem? Death and taxes. I prefer to pay taxes. I find no romanticism in it. No mysticism. No wisdom. No rede...
Interestingly enough, what we experience is just a disjointed set of static inputs. The mind is what makes these into a reality. So the brain provides...
The means is enough without an end? Means can justify the end, and the end can justify the means. But the means by itself? Surely we are looking for a...
What is the goal of trying to discover a way to think about the mind - or that thing that brains do…. (At least that does seem true)…. Is there some p...
For anyone else interested, here is the link for Facing Up to the Problems of Consciousness https://consc.net/papers/facing.pdf And while there consc....
Interesting idea for sure. Thanks for the clarity! But why would there never be a physical accounting of consciousness? If AGI is ever to happen - whi...
The scientific method, by its very definition, does not purport to derive any truth from its usage. So this sort of thing is par for the course no? Ca...
I would think the next line of reasoning would be to explore the certainty outside of tautology. Assuming you aren’t arguing from a solipsistic point ...
No… in plain English: p implies q. But if p is false, that doesn’t always mean that q is false. q could have another cause Like saying it’s sunny and ...
What about quantum reality? If there were a first cause what if it were of quantum origin? It is there and isn’t…. It is in an uncertain state. Does t...
Lots of fodder for thought here! What can we know for certain? IMHO there is a threshold that you reach or don’t. Either you are forever ensconced in ...
Depending on your definition of art, anything can be an art form - if you believe that doing it well is an art. Serial killers artistic savants? Boxin...
From a utopian stance: The main reason that work - or jobs if you will - persist is that energy is expensive. Once we have a virtual free source of en...
No self-respecting existentialist would actually accept the label for themselves.. Or a fun way of saying it: they wouldn’t ever belong to a club that...
Lots of quoting old dead philosophers…. Which isn’t much of an existential reply if you think about it. I meant that defining things is nomenclature. ...
I’ve always found the concept of existentialism to be an exercise in nomenclature. Let’s all decide to define something. Welcome to the forum ;). Or s...
Well that is a difficult situation. For those that have to interact with him there are a few factors to consider. 1. Have a firewall. Having your own ...
Wonderful article thanks for sharing it! The conclusion comes close to offering something more substantial, it would be interesting to investigate mor...
Sorry maybe I’m missing something - but what does trump have to do with anything philosophical? Political, yes. But philosophical? You can’t say trump...
interestingly enough, there is one philosopher who embodied both - Wittgenstein. The tractatus was an attempt at pure analytics. And this analytics mo...
I’m stuck on the epistemological grounds for either good or evil. Things and actions exist I’ll grant that. And the prime motivation of life seems to ...
God? What is this strange creature you refer to? That is in power? Do you really believe in a god that has ethics and that actually is like us only be...
We don’t want to combat it. If we did it would be obvious. We are not capable of altering our behaviour. We are captivated by the new, the interesting...
It is a typical historical pattern that repeats itself. Every civilization comes to an end. Or at least the era comes to an end. Wealth at the beginni...
Interesting where the standard stages of psychological grief/loss put hate: Love something Lose it Hate that you lost it, or hate it Justify why it ha...
Freedom of speech as an ideal can only be sound if it does not contradict itself. There are some expressions of freedom of speech that have consequenc...
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