August 6, 2019 - Making Up Minds

Donald Hoffman, Conscious Agent

Post author:Gabriel
Post published:August 6, 2019
Post category:consciousness

I enjoyed this podcast episode with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman. He has a book coming out, The Case Against Reality, and I'll have a much longer blog post when I've…

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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

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…