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223 – Going Back to the Classics

Classic, season one adventure this week! Eneasz and Steven have a loosely structured conversation about the sequences’ value, the virtue of silence, scissor statements, and the value of philosophy.

LINKS
Cryonics is Free!
Dan Dennett – Where Am I?
The Virtue of Silence
Scissors Statements

00:00:05 – Pre-pre show Discussion
01:41:43 – Guild of the Rose
01:44:48 – Less Wrong Posts
02:05:57 – Thank the Supporter!


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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

Configurations and Amplitude

Joint Configurations

Distinct Configurations

Next Sequence Posts:

Where Philosophy Meets Science

Can You Prove Two Particles Are Identical?

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Bonus – Discord Culture (preview)

Eneasz chats with TBC Discord member Delta about the cultivation of small online cultures. Get the full episode via our Patreon or our SubStack!

 

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Bayes Blast 35 – Disproving The Blindsight Thesis

GPT-o1 demonstrates the Blindsight thesis is likely wrong.

Peter Watts on Blindsight
Andrew Cutler on origins of consciousness part 1 and part 2
Thou Art Godshatter

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Bayes Blast 34 – Content Moderation is Infosec

Steven wanted to share an interesting idea from an article that draws a neat parallel between content moderation and information security.

The post discussed here is Como is Infosec.

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222 – Consciousness As Recursive Reflections with Daniel Böttger

We talk with Daniel about his ACX guest post that posits that thoughts are conscious, rather than brains.

LINKS
Consciousness As Recursive Reflections
Seven Secular Sermons
Seven Secular Sermons video on TwitterX
LightHaven’s Eternal September

0:00:05 – Recursive Reflections
01:29:30 – Personal News from Eneasz
01:31:04 – Guild of the Rose
01:32:15 – Feedback
01:36:39 – Less Wrong Posts
01:57:37 – Thank the Patron


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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

Belief in the Implied Invisible

Quantum Explanations

Next Sequence Posts:

Configurations and Amplitude

Joint Configurations

Distinct Configurations

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Bayes Blast 33 – Porn Sims

Can we achieve our true potential?

based on – Interview Day At Thiel Capital
also mentioned:
Meetups Everywhere 2024
Are You Jesus or Hitler

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