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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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