LawrenceKerr

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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
The (centralized) part you put in brackets is quite important. That's the differentiator. Both systems can obviously co-exist. Much like how gold co-exists with fiat money. Or how there's bittorrent and S3. And it is true the adop
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Except for it creating the possibility of transferring wealth digitally, to anyone, across borders, without any centralized intermediary you have to trust. That's pretty amazing, especially for people who live unbanked, or in hyperinfl
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Can we deduce from your comment that you are in fact, not conscious? We all know what it's like to be conscious (I presume - my theory of mind is intact but may be flawed). It's obviously the quality of being, i.e. experiencing qu
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
James Randi was notoriously biased, stubborn, and dismissive of any evidence contrary towards his views. His Million Dollar Challenge has been criticized for its lack of transparency and fairness. The challenge was not conducted under the a
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
The Stargate Project remains one of the most intriguing government and intelligence programs, I think, because of its casual admittance of the use of psi and remote viewing in intelligence operations for over two decades. The review of the
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by LawrenceKerr 3y ago
Ideally these things should be subsidized or at least run on generous donations, yes. But quality matters most to me. I'd happily pay for educational software that is proven to be better (more engaging, more fun, better learning outcom
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by LawrenceKerr 3y ago
What do you mean it's a red herring and doesn't exist? It's quite literally the only "thing" we can be sure exists, because without consciousness, we wouldn't experience anything at all. I agree we care mainly
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by LawrenceKerr 3y ago
So would you posit an LLM which self-updates (retrains) its internal model after every prompt-response (perhaps at night, when it dreams of electric sheep) is conscious because it shows some recursive self-reflection & decision making?
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by LawrenceKerr 3y ago
I know this isn’t a topic that would do well in the typical HN crowd, but, just in case someone out there shares my passion: I am working on “technoetic” projects. That word, “technoetics”, beautifully encapsulates what I find most interest