The Equivalent Conclusions of Logic and Evolution

A crescent-shaped argument

Archetypes

and the maturation of AI

Are We All Just Sims?

The simulation argument explored

Feeling the Feeling of Feeling Feelings

It’s (probably) not nonsense

And, or and not are the three words that make a computer able to solve nearly any problem we can formulate. Without diving into the math, the three terms, as logic gates, form what’s…

HH Asked: Would AI Follow A Religion?

Exploring robots of faith

Thoughts on Thoughts

The current definitions of thoughts are recursive, and don’t seem especially meaningful. Inputting into Google’s search…

More Than Machine

Alan Turing, in his 1950 paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, proposed a new method to determine the sentience of a…

Believers

No, not that new song. Or people of faith. It’s all of us.

What Bots Need To Be Interesting

The novelty is wearing off

Characterizing Awareness

From biology to technology

In this essay I set out to better understand the ideas of self-awareness and consciousness, and apply those ideas to the current state of computers. I will begin by discussing what I believe self-awareness and…