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On Becoming Nobody in the Age of AI
Learning to let go of the skills and abilities that made me special. And focusing on what AI cannot take away from any of us.
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Why is there something rather than nothing?
Whenever people discuss "the hard problem of consciousness" it ultimately boils down to fundamental ontological conversations. Many technologically and…
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Understanding the Artificial Mind
A chronicle of my journey from initial AI research, to coining "functional sentience" to believing (with evidence) that machines possess a unique…
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The Art of Constructive Disagreement
How studying Eastern and Western philosophy and geography can lead to better, more meaningful, and more highly constructive debates. Coherency is king…
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What the heck is "Emergence" and why is everyone talking about it?
An alphabet of 26 letters can yield a vocabulary of 50,000 words, which can then be recombined in a functionally infinite combination of fiction…
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Consciousness Emerges at the Edge of Chaos
Exploring Consciousness in AI: An Experiment with Claude and ChatGPT
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The Grand Struggle has Reasserted Itself
Trump won. Neither political party really represents my values, but with that said, I can't be agnostic because I'm an American. Here's how narratives…
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How to Use Epistemic Tribal Theory: TPOT on Twitter
After my post about my theory of epistemic tribes, a few people asked "Okay, so how do you use this in practical terms?" - Here's an example from a new…
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My Theory of Epistemic Tribes
I've been working on this theory for a while and it's starting to crystalize. Echo chambers and identity politics might not be the villain you think…
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The Superorganism is Growing an Exocortex!
The human race is becoming a global, technologically-connected entity that's developing an AI-powered external cognitive system
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Towards a Fourth Narrative
The decline of religion leaves a gap in our global narratives: psychedelics and alignment could join capitalism, science, and democracy as the fourth…
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Achieving Postnihilism via Jungian Integration and Psychedelic Retreats
I seem to have recently lost my sense of existential dread and the world is feeling far safer and more trustworthy to me. I have an almost childlike…
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