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The edge of sentience in animals – SelfAwarePatterns

This is the third in a series of posts on Jonathan Birch’s book, The Edge of Sentience. This one covers the section on animal sentience.

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The edge of sentience in animals
This is the third in a series of posts on Jonathan Birch’s book, The Edge of Sentience. This one covers the section on animal sentience. I think it’s fair to say that this is the sectio…
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November 16, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Service Model is a fresh take on what can go wrong in a world of robots and AI.
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#ScienceFiction
Service Model
Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model is a fresh take on what can go wrong in a world of robots and AI. Charles is a robot valet. He works in a manor performing personal services for his human master, ch...
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June 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Azazaaazalanias
May 4, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Blossom bomb go boom
April 13, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Have a Hairy XMas
A little Grinch spice in your eggnog...
Have a Hairy XMas
I'm tellin' you, you slimy green sick-o, I catch you on one more rooftop I'm gonna ring your scrawny, goat-skinned neck. You got me?" The fat man's bulbous nose throbbed with each shake of his finger....
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December 18, 2023 at 1:37 AM
Enjoying this video of Eric Weinstein...

What the best story you want to tell when you're 93? Why aren't we all working to create such a story?
Eric Weinstein - All Hell Is About to Break Loose
💥Join us on our Journey to 1 Million Subscribers💥 Eric Weinstein is an American physicist and podcaster. He attained his PhD in mathematical physics from H...
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December 15, 2023 at 8:02 PM
@selfawarepatterns.bsky.social A Neil Gaiman repost prompted me to consider both Corey's story experiment as well as general collaborative writing.
I wondered, could GitHub be used to write a group-sourced novel?
Other projects might work as SciFi or Horror or whathaveyou repo-genres. Thoughts?
GitHub - Anonymole/Runiverse: An all-encompassing story framework with a fantasy theme.
An all-encompassing story framework with a fantasy theme. - GitHub - Anonymole/Runiverse: An all-encompassing story framework with a fantasy theme.
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September 17, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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Integrated information theory as pseudoscience?

Some thoughts about recent discussions on IIT and accusations of pseudoscience.

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Integrated information theory as pseudoscience?
It's been an interesting week in consciousness studies. It started with Steve Fleming doing a blog post, a follow up to one he'd done earlier expressing his concerns about how the results of the adver...
selfawarepatterns.com
September 17, 2023 at 2:40 PM
#SepSceneWriMo Where's Kong when you need him
SepSceneWriMo #5.11
11. Godzilla runs for mayor of Tokyo on an urban renewal platform (Kaiju political satire) Ninoki stood fidgeting at the podium that had been placed on the docks that bordered Tokyo Bay. Behind him, m...
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September 12, 2023 at 12:33 AM
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Using alternate terminology

A short post about why I sometimes describe things using alternate language, and why it can be beneficial.

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Using alternate terminology
I often use non-standard language to describe concepts, and I've had a couple of people over the last couple of years call me on it. There seemed to be a sentiment that I was confusing things, or bein...
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September 10, 2023 at 2:50 PM
#SepSceneWriMo Beware the cat with a conscience
SepSceneWriMo #5.10
10. A witch enters her demon cat in a local pet talent show (Magical realism) "Next up we have Tessiana and Selene. Give them a warm, Mantika Mill welcome." Tess, will you take than accursed slave-str...
anonymole.com
September 10, 2023 at 7:21 PM
#SepSceneWriMo Cuddly-wuddly Chief Executive
SepSceneWriMo #5.7
7. A panda bear runs for US president on a platform of unlimited bamboo for all (Political satire) In a bar at the edge of the savanna, somewhere between the jungle, the boreal forest and the vast pla...
anonymole.com
September 7, 2023 at 10:57 PM
#SepSceneWriMo Another trope, another broken heart
SepSceneWriMo #5.5
5. A wormhole opens up under a small town library, transporting citizens to a magical underground world (Fantasy) "Are you not aware of how the Dewey Decimal System works?" "You mean those little numb...
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September 5, 2023 at 6:33 PM
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Solving a problem requires not banishing the possible solutions

A post comparing Adam Mastroianni's discussion of the difficulties in psychology with Erik Hoel's assertion that consciousness has a clear definition.

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Solving a problem requires not banishing the possible solutions
Adam Mastroianni has a post that's getting a pretty good amount of attention. Mastroianni discusses recent claims of fraud in psychology, as well as the replication crisis. But his actual topic is how...
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September 4, 2023 at 3:08 PM
#SepSceneWriMo #5.3 and the hits just keep on coming.
SepSceneWriMo #5.3
3. After discovering he can time travel, a man tries to stop the invention of the garlic press (Comedic science fiction) Caves like this one have been used since time immemorial for storing and preser...
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September 3, 2023 at 11:54 PM
The September saga continues
#sepscenewrimo
SepSceneWriMo #5.2
2. In a dystopian future, robots have outlawed laughter, and a group of rebellious teens start an underground comedy club (Dystopian fiction) The three a.m. streetlights glowed like misty halos within...
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September 2, 2023 at 7:18 PM
@krcline.bsky.social Yay! Find me also over on davecline.bsky.social ...
September 2, 2023 at 12:50 AM
2023 SepSceneWriMo has started.
Checkout this post to participate.
SepSceneWriMo: The List
And you thought this decrepit old thing had gone the way of MySpace and AOL. Well, maybe it should. Regardless, I'll be filling in as I may here but with a mind to follow a set of prompts I induced An...
anonymole.com
September 1, 2023 at 6:52 PM
Dredged from the past...
9 years ago: thoughts on becoming Martians.
Colonizing Mars – two things first.
Two points on Mars colonization: bigger rockets are not the solution. And solar and galactic radiation is not your friend. Getting stuff into space should be done using maglev/startram style shots wit...
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August 24, 2023 at 7:01 PM