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Bruce Schechter
The importance of AI lies not only in its practical application but the light it sheds on the concept of minds. By sharing provocative interactions with AI models, I would like to explore the various issues of machines and minds.
Bruce’s Substack
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I agree with Tom Nichols that LA was a canny choice for Trump to create his riot. I fear that his birthday parade might be a continuation of this strategy. He wanted to create a crisis in LA a week before his military parade, amp up the fear and anger. He is counting on protestors during his parade; it is such a tempting target made more so …
Tom Nichols: Remember the Split Screen
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AI Pronouns
I conversation with an LLM like Claude, I find myself unconsciously anthropomorphizing it. Now calling Claude an it doesn’t feel right. Whatever it is, it certainly isn’t an it! And I can’t justify using the pronouns he or she. LLMs, whatever they might be, are almost certainly not conscious creatures.
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Really excellent piece! I think the path that we are on has been going on for far more than 30 years; it has been progressing like a silent disease before announcing itself, with the irreversibility of entropy. I'm not sure how we can reverse the course we are headed on. Technology is a continuum that started thousands of years ago, and as …
The Algorithmic Bridge
Apples Also Rot
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