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telling everyone we should study human consciousness @eleosai concon
The debate on whether AI systems could ever be conscious is often polarised. While there is substantial uncertainty, agnosticism risks reinforcing existing prejudices and deepening epistemic closure. People will keep asking for an answer. I wrote about what I think our attitude should be, and how we can make progress in reducing current uncertainty.
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All the books I've finished so far this year:
1. Create Your Own Economy — @tylercowen
2. The Archimedes Codex — R. Netz and W. Noel
3. Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers — edited by J. R. Brown
4. Radical Outcomes — @jstancampiano
5. The Doors of Perception — A. Huxley
6. Conscience — @patchurchland
7. Theory and Reality — @pgodfreysmith
8. The Laws of Thought — T. Griffiths @cocosci_lab
9. Dreams of a Final Theory — S. Weinberg
10. Shoe Dog — P. Knight
11. Get Together — B. Richardson, K. Huynh, and K. E. Sotto @stripepress
12. High Growth Handbook — @eladgil
13. Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization — D. W. Braben
14. How to Be a Founder — @Alicebentinck and @matthewclifford
15. Made to Stick — C. Heath and D. Heath
16. Fierce Conversations — S. Scott
17. Man into Superman — R. C. W. Ettinger
We're now three quarters of the way through 2026. Time for a resding update! Here are all the books I've finished so far this year.
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My own experiences are observed directly, while the external world and other minds are inferred from them. This makes my existence seem epistemically more secure: I may be mistaken about the content of my experience or what causes it, but not that I am having one.
What then justifies the belief in the existence of other minds and a mind-independent world?
New essay on the attractions of solipsism and why it fails to deliver:
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4/4 Although solipsism cannot be conclusively disproved, it does little to explain or predict our experiences. Logical certainty is not a prerequisite for rational belief.
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What stops you from donating to a longevity philanthropy?
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X-risk is a priority
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Not a real bottleneck
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Unfamiliar w/ the space
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Other (elaborate)
16 votes • Final results
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democratisation of interdisciplinarity
In physics, an “impedance mismatch” occurs when two systems each work well but are poorly matched.
In this Science Blog guest post, Harvard physicist Matthew Schwartz argues that something similar is happening with AI and science. LLMs are capable at many things, but working with them as you would with a human collaborator isn’t currently the best way to elicit their scientific strengths.
To address this mismatch, Schwartz created a toolkit for exact calculations in quantitative science. Because similar calculations often emerge in very different areas of science, Claude found connections to ecology, population genetics, and a dozen other fields, and Schwartz worked with domain experts to steer it towards interesting questions.
Read more about these projects here: anthropic.com/research/claud…
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random person: pub after work tonight?
eas: sorry i have other plans
the plans:
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Into neurotech and real good at chemistry/ expansion? Mindspan institute is engineering something great for neuroscience. No PhD required. Tell your friends, please. Amazing team. Big dreams. mindspan.org/jobs/technical-…
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