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Blogging “Artificial You,” Part IV

Blogging “Artificial You,” Part IV

  • Post Author:Gabriel
  • Post published:December 31, 2019
  • Post Category:artificial intelligence / consciousness / language / philosophy of mind
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In Chapter 4 of the book, Schneider discusses possible tests of consciousness for artificial agents. I'll briefly summarize the tests here and add a few comments: The AI Consciousness Test…

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The Mindless Hypothesis

The Mindless Hypothesis

  • Post Author:Gabriel
  • Post published:November 23, 2019
  • Post Category:consciousness / language / philosophy / philosophy of mind
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In the previous post, I talked about Alex Byrne's paper Skepticism about the Internal World (PDF). In that post, I focused on the first part of the paper, and in…

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Modes of Being: Peirce and Davidson

Modes of Being: Peirce and Davidson

  • Post Author:Gabriel
  • Post published:September 13, 2019
  • Post Category:language / philosophy
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I really enjoyed this podcast discussion between Cathy Legg and Matt Teichman. The topic is C.S. Peirce, and particularly his theory of categories, or modes of being. As Legg and…

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The Chinese Room: Syntax, Semantics, and A.I.

The Chinese Room: Syntax, Semantics, and A.I.

  • Post Author:Gabriel
  • Post published:August 13, 2019
  • Post Category:artificial intelligence / language
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Recently we talked about the Chinese Room argument. One of the aims of the argument is to show that strong A.I. (A.I. that has understanding or consciousness) is impossible. It's…

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The Chinese Room – Basic Overview
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The Chinese Room – Basic Overview

  • Post Author:Gabriel
  • Post published:August 6, 2019
  • Post Category:artificial intelligence / consciousness / language / philosophy of mind
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I wanted one of my first posts to be about the Chinese Room thought experiment, as it combines my interests in language, A.I., and consciousness. In this post, I'll lay…

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Hello, World

Hello, World

  • Post Author:Gabriel
  • Post published:August 5, 2019
  • Post Category:artificial intelligence / consciousness / language / philosophy of mind / social science
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My name is Gabriel, and I work in the areas of language, computing, and artificial intelligence. I also have a strong interest in consciousness and philosophy of mind, and this…

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