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Based on how some actual humans I know speak and act, I'm less and less convinced the human brain is much more than a stochastic next-thought prediction stream.
by ryandrake 5mo ago
Based on how some actual humans I know speak and act, I'm less and less convinced the human brain is much more than a stochastic next-thought prediction stream.
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- bottlepalm 5mo ago35 years old and just as relevant today - https://web.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html https://web.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think... A silicon alien coming to earth might poke us, we would say ouch, and just determine the ouch sound is just the result of a bunch of chemistry - not really conscious or feeling pain like it can, just emulating.
- Waterluvian 5mo agoAnd were programmed through evolution to not want to be shut off. So I don't think we can really trust the human behaviour to protest its own destruction. That's just plain reasonable design!