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Limerence and the divine
The first stanza of Conrad Aiken’s high-poem, Tetelestai goes:Philosophy bear is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my…
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Goodbye to the future of humanity! (Institute)
THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY Institute IS NO MORE! An ominous-sounding sentence that could be a lot more ominous with a single deletion The most popular story…
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Notes of many things
As always, looking for work and/or research collaborators, if you know any. Can we at least be behaviorists about capability? Can a machine, or even a…
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Have you tried talking to people about what you believe?
It’s been widely agreed among psychologists and exasperated members of the general public that conspiracy theorists are beyond salvation by reason…
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Just ask and I will make you any song you want through Suno
There’s a new music generator called Suno. Through its custom creation mode, you can specify a set of lyrics and a musical style, and it’ll create a…
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El Salvador: the costs and benefits of a crackdown
Out of interest, how much would you pay to avoid a 1 in 68 chance of being murdered? And how much would you pay to avoid spending a year in…
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Escape from the algorithm
I have a business idea. A (would you believe it!) tech startup idea I have no business skills or computer skills, therefore, I wanted to put it out…
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Laughably stupid statistical error in "The moral urgency of a good study on cold showers and depression & anxiety"
In this post: “The moral urgency of a good study on cold showers and depression & anxiety”. The two paragraphs on this study contain a terrible and…
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The "privacy paradox" and what privacy discourse misses plus other notes on privacy
The privacy paradox is no paradox To live in a modern society, particularly if one is active in discussion and social life, can feel like incurring the…
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March 2024

Can AI get a publication in a prestigious philosophy journal by 2028? The philosophy journal test of AI.
Cyber Socrates? Digital Descartes? Computer Confucius? AI Anscombe? LLM Locke? Machine Montesquieu? Robot Rousseau? Hal 9000 Hypatia? Blip Boop Buddha…
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We should protect privacy because it lets people get away with crime and other wrongdoings
Privacy advocates are wusses because they won’t talk about the best reason to oppose creeping surveillance: allowing people to get away with doing the…
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You’re not going to stop AI by pretending to be unimpressed by it: rant
Some of this stuff drives me up the wall, tbh. I was listening to Chapo the other day, and they were talking about SORA (the new video generator from…
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