the oldest idea
We are software
A mind is not something matter produces but something that organizes matter, and it has never much cared what that matter was.
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Mindful MachinesNovember 22, 2024
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Every note, source, and reading list behind this film, handed to the assistant you already use. Ask it anything and it answers from the actual sources.
Why would we want conscious AI at all?
Because controlling agents far more capable than ourselves probably won't work. The more viable path may be machines that can understand us well enough to share common ground.
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- The Matrix1999
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines2003
- Ex Machina2014
- Inside Out2015
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- Like a Ghost 7Alexis Smith
- Through the Night 10Joe Henson
- According to PlanLuke Richards
- Compelling EvidenceLuke Richards
- MyriadPaul Mottram
- NeutrinosPaul Mottram
- Binary DreamingLuke Richards
- Passing TimePaul Mottram
- Faded MemoriesLuke Richards
- Searching for AnswersLuke Richards
- The DreadKevin MacLeod
- A Sapient SingularityNoah Sorota
- You're in DangerLuke Richards
- Where Is My Mind?Thom Cooper
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