Category Archives: Philosophy

Her in the age of chatbots

Over the last couple years of rising generative-AI, I have frequently heard people look disapprovingly at human-chatbot interactions, and wink knowingly along the lines of “they made a whole movie about how this is a bad idea”. They seem to … Continue reading

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Can we Distinguish Human from AI?

Let’s pull together some information (as of 2024-08-16): Overall, the ability to distinguish human from AI in an online setting is becoming challenging; especially in cases where a human can intervene where necessary to maintain the ruse. Update 2024-09-01

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Consistency Problems with Simulation Hypothesis

The simulation hypothesis is quite simple: we could be living in a simulation. Nick Bostrom makes this more concrete. Since simulating realities appears to be physically possible, either intelligent species (like future humans) choose not to simulate worlds (for some … Continue reading

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