AI ‘Claude’ Can Never Be a Person
A rabbi noted that if Claude is a person, Anthropic is engaging in slavery that must stopThat makes me wonder how serious they really are about claiming AI personhood or reflecting on its consequences.
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Mind Matters
Natural and Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
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Our Minds Have Sparks of the Divine
Theatre of the Absurd was always seen as very French
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review Part 15
Looking back at this a decade later, it’s amazing how rushed all of this is
Does a Decline in Reading Mean a Decline in Thinking?
Thinking is natural to humans. But the current decline in reading may signal a worrisome decline in a particular TYPE of thinking
Is writing really not important any more?
A New York Times op-ed claims writing isn't as essential as we might assume
Prize-Winning French Author Accused of Using AI; Furor Erupts
The questions the story raises are mostly not about the End of Writing
Why Do Market Economies Succeed? Minds Are the Key Driver
Millions of minds — and billions of choices, tradeoffs, and expectations, as people try to improve their situations
Are They Nuts Down in the Valley? Or Just Pretending?
Preaching the machine god apocalypse sounds a bit much when the real problem is serious security lapses
Monday Microsofty 98: A Puzzle for Fan Belt Engineers
How would you create a belt that allows both surfaces to share the wear equally?
Right Now, Science Seems To Be Growing Stale…
If we judge by the number of dead end controversies... And this is just when we might expect it to be booming
It’s Been 20 Years Now: The Debate with New Atheists Is Over
And opposition did not Cancel them. The evidence from nature did
Slime Molds and the Growing Controversy Around “Intelligence”
How they solve problems with no brain, no nervous system, no conventional sense organs is creating challenges in defining intelligence
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Science Lessons vs. Story Rules
In Part 14 of my extended review of The Force Awakens, we look at the problem that unanswered practical questions creates for the audience
Machines “Chose” to Defeat Hugging Face Security, Steal its Data
Just the Facts: 1,200 swarming AIs don’t need consciousness to wreak havoc – just network connectivity and goals
If AI Cures a Disease or Enables Fusion, the Bubble Will Be Justified
Scientists say that is unlikely, but the bubble lives on
Do People Who Believe AI is Sentient Not Know They Are Panpsychists?
A medic said to me that he would use the word ‘please’, as the AI might be sentient
Is Talking to Animals Really AI’s “Next Ethical Minefield”?
Curiously, the Bloomberg article focuses not on the potential for new understanding of animals but the risks that that understanding is thought to pose
There’s a Push Now to Grant ‘Rights’ to Arctic Sea Ice
Some environmentalists see the ice as “more than human” and as something that can “behave” and “surprise” like an animal
Neurosurgeon: Why Deny the Mystery of the Mind?
At YouTube, Michael Egnor talks about how he came to see that the mind is not the brain - and much else follows from that
Americans Are Saying 28% Fewer Words to Each Other — Blame Silicon Valley
Then COVID came along and isolation and loneliness got a lot worse
Monday Microsofty 97: Mad Hatters Flip Their Lids
What are the chances that all of the naval academy graduates would find their own hats in a random toss?
Briefs
Nuclear doomsday mag says, AI Doomerism is bad science
How much can the AI companies get away with before karma kicks in?
How long will the Superintelligence Accord last? Got a stopwatch?
The high risks of making a chatbot—or influencer—your doctor
Are AI detection tools fundamentally untrustworthy?
Fact-checking the pop science buzz that two brains evolved into one
British Medical Journal: Covid czars KNEW their system was flawed
Another blow to iconic Hollywood’s finances
Fallout from the Cambridge Jason Arday debacle — was anything learned?
At last … $1M award for scholars who try to tell the truth?
Videos
Douthat Exits New York Times, Final Podcast Hosts Biohacker Bryan Johnson
Science Uprising 10: Asking the Impolite Questions About AI
Is It Really the End for Silicon Valley or Just a Reboot?
