Could a mathematical being achieve consciousness? How do we define consciousness in the first place? Could AI systems have a type of consciousness that’s fundamentally different from humans?

Very compelling questions from this interview with AI researcher Kyle Fish.

#ai #airesearch #anthropic

“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Learning how to update dictionaries in #python. Wrote this little test script. I think I want to be friends with Bob.

some_guy = {'name': 'Bob'}
some_guy.update({'likes': ['water', 'food']})
some_guy.update([('dislikes', 'cats')])
some_guy.update(dreams = 'live on moon')
print(some_guy)

It's #NationalPoetryMonth, here's Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt's "Spheres of Interest" (1979)

Creating ASCII art using the command line is exactly as exciting as it sounds 🤓❤️👾

Here’s a sneak peek at my progress so far. The goal is to create an ASCII film using raw video footage. More soon! #ascii #asciiart #codeart

Hello world!