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The text discusses the philosophical implications of the machine metaphor in understanding knowledge and intelligence, arguing that this perspective reduces the richness of human experience. It references thinkers like Dreyfus, He...
The author reflects on the emotional and physical toll of being unable to maintain a workout routine due to surgery, exploring themes of decay, identity, and the transformative power of strength training. They discuss the psycholo...
The article discusses the accuracy of ChatGPT in estimating body fat percentage from photos, comparing it to gold-standard tools like DEXA scans. The author found that ChatGPT's estimates were surprisingly close to the original nu...
The text discusses the upcoming discussion on the foundational paper 'A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity' by W. S. McCulloch and W. Pitts. It reflects on the impact of the paper on cognitive and complexit...
The text discusses the author's experience with AI and machine learning, and the unexpected depth of feeling when reading a description generated by ChatGPT's new memory.
The text is a conversation between two people discussing the struggle of expressing oneself online and the impact of sharing thoughts. They talk about the power of writing and the fear of not being prolific. They also invent a new...
The text discusses the importance of overconfidence in truth-finding and the value of adopting strong positions in cognitive science. It emphasizes the need for earnestness and complete belief in different perspectives to integrat...
The post discusses the talk 'Rationality and Relevance Realization: Metarationality and Generative Rationality' at the Fluidity Forum in September 2023. It covers various topics including rationality, metarationality, sense-making...
The text discusses the 'Cognitive Science Millennium Project', a list of the most essential publications in cognitive science of the 20th century. The author questions the relevance of the list in the context of recent development...
The text discusses how the songs 'Into the Unknown' and 'The Next Right Thing' from Frozen II capture fundamental problems in computer science and artificial intelligence, and how they can be used to teach children about these con...