Intellectual Stuff: Philosophy, Science, Technology

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1. Should We Shut Down All AI?

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   By Leo Gura, April 1, 2023
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2. Google engineer claims G's LaMDA AI is sentient.

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   By axiom, June 12, 2022
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3. AGI is coming

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   By erik8lrl, February 17
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4. Is nonduality the absolute or a contingent knowledge?

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   By Strannik, December 10, 2022
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   • thisintegrated
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5. Is AI conscious?

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   By Hibahere, October 27, 2022
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   • Leo Gura
   • November 26, 2022

6. Leo Gura Debunked

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   By kray, June 6, 2022
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7. Formscapes vs. Professor Dave drama

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   By undeather, January 31
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8. Leo is wrong about random mutation

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   By Scholar, September 25, 2023
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   • MuadDib
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9. Post your AI Artwork here

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   By Wisebaxter, December 13, 2023
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   • Yimpa
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10. AI that creates Mindblowing Art (Free)

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    By Ahbapx, May 12, 2022
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    • DefinitelyNotARobot
    • June 16, 2022

11. Is artificial intelligence conscious?

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    By Jannes, July 1, 2022
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    • Carl-Richard
    • July 20, 2022

12. A suspicion I had about the field during my bachelor that turned out to be a big deal

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    By Carl-Richard, September 10, 2023
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    • mostly harmless
    • September 27, 2023

13. "How I Increased My IQ By 13 Points" - IQ boost via working memory training?

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    By thenondualtankie, June 21, 2023
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    • Davino
    • January 22

14. When will Aliens be revealed to the public? Or will they reveal themselves first?

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    By Phil King, July 4, 2023
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    • caspex
    • September 3, 2023

15. GPT-4 Is Out Now

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    By Yimpa, March 14, 2023
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    • Yimpa
    • May 25, 2023

16. Apple Vision Pro has been announced!

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    By Yimpa, June 5, 2023
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    • Willie
    • June 15, 2023

17. Leo's pc

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    By OBEler, November 18, 2023
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    • Bobby_2021
    • November 27, 2023

18. Is Stage Theory BS? - Nora Bateson's Critique

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    By UnbornTao, July 15, 2023
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    • Nilsi
    • August 27, 2023

19. First James Webb Telescope Image released

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    By Scholar, July 11, 2022
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    • Eternal Unity
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20. Slave morality?

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    By Husseinisdoingfine, May 26, 2022
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    • Oeaohoo
    • May 28, 2022

21. Let’s Make Spiral Dynamics Bigger

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    By Julian gabriel, November 6, 2022
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    • November 19, 2022

22. Socrates on Love: Agree?

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    By Matt23, August 26, 2022
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    • Sucuk Ekmek
    • October 18, 2022

23. Kastrup crybabies out of debate

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    By Scholar, October 3, 2023
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    • October 8, 2023

24. Is science really "objective "?

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    By Someone here, August 17, 2022
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25. Is the work of David Hawkins worthwhile?

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    By DocWatts, December 15, 2022
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26. Chris Langan on IQ, The Singularity, Free Will, Psychedelics, CTMU, and God

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    By Epikur, March 18, 2023
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    • Leo Gura
    • March 19, 2023

27. ChatGPT

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    By Dorje Chang, December 1, 2022
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    • December 12, 2022

28. Did I misunderstood Wittgenstein or he is actually super-overrated, useless to study?

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    By Rasheed, June 28, 2023
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    • Vibroverse
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29. What exists outside the universe?

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    By Someone here, June 11, 2022
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    • Someone here
    • June 13, 2022

30. DALL-E 3 is here (and it's free)!

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    By DefinitelyNotARobot, October 25, 2023
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    • Rafael Thundercat
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31. Share your A.I. generations

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    By Sucuk Ekmek, October 19, 2022
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    • MuadDib
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32. A Summary of CSJoseph's "What is Extraverted Thinking"

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    By JuliusCaesar, October 22, 2022
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    • JuliusCaesar
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33. Models of Learning?

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    By DefinitelyNotARobot, June 8, 2022
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    • RobertZ
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34. Academics are Bad Communicators

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    By Extreme Z7, November 4, 2022
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35. How is intelligence and size of the brain interlinked?

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    By Jannes, August 19, 2023
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    • StarStruck
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36. My Metaphysical Map

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    By Carl-Richard, June 23, 2022
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    • Carl-Richard
    • June 27, 2022

37. Actualized, a critique

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    By Reciprocality, May 15, 2022
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    • Reciprocality
    • May 20, 2022

38. What is the universe expanding inside of ?

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    By Someone here, May 12, 2022
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    • Reciprocality
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39. Interesting Math Videos Mega-Thread

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    By Sincerity, October 11, 2023
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40. Latin

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    By at_anchor, October 9, 2022
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    • JuliusCaesar
    • December 2, 2022

41. 1.8k votes: 66% would press a button to win $100,000 but kill one random person

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    By Carl-Richard, January 7
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    • Devin
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42. Western philosophy

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    By Vibroverse, September 20, 2022
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    • September 29, 2022

43. Arguments for intelligent design

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    By MuadDib, October 3, 2023
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    • LastThursday
    • October 21, 2023

44. What is the biggest problem in epistemology?

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    By Someone here, November 19, 2022
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    • RobertZ
    • November 30, 2022

45. List of Paradoxes: What's the craziest one in your opinion?

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    By EternalForest, May 9, 2022
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    • Mason Riggle
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46. A theory of everything?

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    By Someone here, May 7, 2022
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    • zurew
    • June 11, 2022

47. Green Energy

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    By Devin, September 1, 2022
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    • Nilsi
    • September 9, 2022

48. Science learning app?

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    By at_anchor, February 16, 2023
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    • Jacob Morres
    • March 4, 2023

49. Name 1 Intellectual Hero of Yours and Why They Inspire You

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    By Nilsi, February 10, 2023
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    • Carl-Richard
    • February 16, 2023

50. How to determine if an AI machine is sentient?

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    By LSD-Rumi, April 1, 2023
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    • Salvijus
    • April 3, 2023