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Existence and Nonexistence
Foundations of AI Dystopianism IV: Self-preservation
Sep 8, 2024
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June 2024

The Chinese Room Thought Experiment: Comprehension and Consciousness
Conscious machines versus zombie computers
Jun 2, 2024
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May 2024

The Chinese Room Thought Experiment: Simulation and Synthesis
Modeling intelligence versus creating it
May 19, 2024
The Chinese Room Thought Experiment: Syntax and Semantics
AI competency versus AGI comprehension
May 4, 2024

February 2024

The Semantic Slide of AGI
The use and misuse of the term Artificial General Intelligence
Feb 17, 2024

December 2023

Conjuring AGI from AI
The Art and Science of Seeming Intelligent
Dec 16, 2023

November 2023

Artificial Mediocrity
For most AI endeavors, the last 20% makes a big difference
Nov 19, 2023

October 2023

The Existential Risk of Hyperbole
The black and white world of AI Dystopianism
Oct 3, 2023
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September 2023

Climbing the Tree and Reaching the Moon
Foundations of AI Dystopianism III: Self-Improvement (conclusion)
Sep 3, 2023

August 2023

The Depths of AGI Self-Reflection
Foundations of AI Dystopianism III: Self-Improvement (part 2)
Aug 27, 2023
The Practicalities of an Intelligence Explosion
Foundations of AI Dystopianism III: Self-Improvement (part 1)
Aug 20, 2023
Shaky Foundations and Questionable Conclusions
Dialogues on Artificial General Intelligence, Part IV
Aug 13, 2023
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