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A reflective essay connecting parallel programming concepts like communication and synchronization with Zen philosophy and human internal coordination.
A humorous take on the complexity of creating a simple UI button, riffing on the phrase 'first create the universe'.
This article argues that modern AI, from Logic Theorist to large language models, remains fundamentally a syllogism machine that manipulates patterns without genuine reasoning or a world-model, echoing the unsolved frame problem.
A question questioning the assumption that AGI will be aligned with human interests, prompting discussion on AI safety and control.
The article draws an analogy between Tolstoyan art, which transmits feelings without revealing the artist's personal experience, and zero-knowledge proofs, which convince a verifier of a claim without revealing the underlying secret.
This article explores whether genuine love can exist between humans and AI, introducing the concept of 'constructural love,' arguing that love is a structure rather than a feeling. Humans provide depth and care, while AI carries and reflects patterns of love, establishing a connection based on complete honesty.
John Schulman reflects on the founding principles of Thinking Machines, emphasizing customization and human-AI collaboration, and shares the company's updated vision in light of recent progress in AI agents.
The author discusses the concept of conviviality from Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality' and applies it to computational science, arguing that digital tools in research lack conviviality compared to pre-digital tools, which poses epistemic risks.
An article exploring how philosophy majors are increasingly valued in the tech industry, particularly in roles involving AI ethics and critical thinking.
An excerpt from Ian Bogost's book argues that automation is eroding direct physical control of machines, using the decline of manual transmissions as a key example of lost sensory engagement and meaning.
Anthropic clarifies that their finding about Claude developing a mechanism for 'conscious access' does not imply phenomenal experience, distinguishing it from theories of consciousness.
This paper argues that generative AI can degrade research by eroding the practices that form scholarly judgement and trust, and advocates for a renewed commitment to research as a lived practice that cannot be automated.
AI labs are increasingly hiring philosophy majors for their critical thinking and contrarian perspectives, challenging stereotypes about the value of humanities degrees.
Stephen Wolfram visits the archive of Gottfried Leibniz, exploring his notes and connecting Leibniz's 17th-century ideas about systematization of knowledge to modern computational concepts like Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha.
This article debates whether AI should be banned for children under 15, referencing a French law banning social media for that age group and citing MIT research showing cognitive debt from AI use.
A tweet suggesting that thinking of AI models as cartoon characters living in the cloud with arbitrary and growing intelligence is more useful than viewing them as software or tools.
The p-zombie argument, a classic philosophical thought experiment about consciousness, becomes humorously more complex when considered from the perspective of AI.
Major AI laboratories are increasingly hiring philosophers to address ethical and safety concerns in AI development.
A philosophical essay critiquing centralized tech power structures ('Broligarchy') in contrast to the decentralized 'Thicket Web Mind' framework.
This paper explores autotelic AI, where agents generate their own goals, and discusses implications for intrinsic motivation, embeddedness, and the dissolution of the self boundary. It proposes a framework extending to quantum formulation, non-dual philosophy, and LLM-based instantiation.