Without touching a penny of their existing wealth, while still leaving $500,000 per year income each, the top 1% in America could raise everyone above the poverty line 3,781 times over.
essay / philosophy
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Meditations On Zeroth Philosophy
Am I real or just a pattern-matching machine?
philosophy / psychology
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What New Research May Imply About AI, Reasoning, And Consciousness
New research from Apple shows that AI can’t reason.
philosophy / technology
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Illusions About Testing For Conscious AI (It’s Not A Schooner, It’s A Sailboat!)
Some people are really hung up on what entities are actually conscious. But how do they know?
essay / philosophy / science
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I May Not Be In Charge Of Myself, And That’s Okay
It’s an uncomfortable idea at first, but what else can you do about it?
philosophy / psychology
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How My Colonoscopy Led To An Existential Crisis
Thanks to anesthesia and my restless legs.