M. U. Dalmis, PhD
@memtufuk.bsky.social
AI scientist
Interests: Philosophy of Science / AI / Mind / Consciousness, I and Cosmos
Interests: Philosophy of Science / AI / Mind / Consciousness, I and Cosmos
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There is a good probability that the universe is a fantastic, magical, meaningful and purposeful place (and so is our own existence).
Brain is not a machine because in the design and creation of machines, engineers deliberately prevent unpredictable behavior and randomness. Biological organisms work with just the opposite principle:++
Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | By Nicole Rust
“The brain is a dynamic complex system—like the weather or a megacity—whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.” iai.tv/articles/neu... #philsky #philsci #neuro
“The brain is a dynamic complex system—like the weather or a megacity—whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.” iai.tv/articles/neu... #philsky #philsci #neuro
Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | Nicole Rust
iai.tv
August 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Brain is not a machine because in the design and creation of machines, engineers deliberately prevent unpredictable behavior and randomness. Biological organisms work with just the opposite principle:++
I’ve just finished reading Rupert Sheldrake’s book “The Science Delusion”. I am impressed; it is much more inspiring than I expected. Rupert is not only a good scientist, but also a good writer; engages the reader and brings convincing evidences and resources.++
August 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I’ve just finished reading Rupert Sheldrake’s book “The Science Delusion”. I am impressed; it is much more inspiring than I expected. Rupert is not only a good scientist, but also a good writer; engages the reader and brings convincing evidences and resources.++
"Without #consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless."
Thomas Nagel, "What is it like to be a bat?"
Thomas Nagel, "What is it like to be a bat?"
February 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Without #consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless."
Thomas Nagel, "What is it like to be a bat?"
Thomas Nagel, "What is it like to be a bat?"
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Anyone want to come to this? Should be fun.
oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...
oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...
Oxford Debate: From Atoms to Awareness: What is Consciousness? | Oxford Literary Festival
Helen Beebee and Philip Goff Chaired by Tilda Storey Law - Oxford Debate: From Atoms to Awareness: What is Consciousness?
oxfordliteraryfestival.org
February 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Anyone want to come to this? Should be fun.
oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...
oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...
The problem with dualism is that, if it was true, we should have seen some anomalous phenomena in the brain that cannot be explained by physical interactions. But so far we did not observe any such anomaly. Rather, we have been able to explain neuronal activity with purely physical interactions. ++
February 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The problem with dualism is that, if it was true, we should have seen some anomalous phenomena in the brain that cannot be explained by physical interactions. But so far we did not observe any such anomaly. Rather, we have been able to explain neuronal activity with purely physical interactions. ++
99% of things happening in an #AI model are simply multiplication and summation operations. The rest 1% is also not so magical. If we didn't have any reason in the past to think that the calculators are conscious, today there is also no reason to think that current AI is conscious. ++
February 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
99% of things happening in an #AI model are simply multiplication and summation operations. The rest 1% is also not so magical. If we didn't have any reason in the past to think that the calculators are conscious, today there is also no reason to think that current AI is conscious. ++
There is a fundamental difference between the way silicon-based AI comes into existence and carbon-based life emerges. ++
January 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
There is a fundamental difference between the way silicon-based AI comes into existence and carbon-based life emerges. ++
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It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light. 🪶
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
January 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light. 🪶
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
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Interesting that on Twitter this post is getting 'Go to hell, the woke are evil!' and here it's getting 'But what about Buddhism?' 🤣
Jesus was incredibly woke. What kinds of things made Jesus angry? People who care too much about tradition, people who care too much about social status, market transactions in a holy place...
January 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Interesting that on Twitter this post is getting 'Go to hell, the woke are evil!' and here it's getting 'But what about Buddhism?' 🤣
#Determinism is incompatible with the notion of time as the 4th dimension. It collapses the “future” aspect to “now”, as if there is no “information” in the “future” aspect of existence.
#philosophy
#philosophy
January 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
#Determinism is incompatible with the notion of time as the 4th dimension. It collapses the “future” aspect to “now”, as if there is no “information” in the “future” aspect of existence.
#philosophy
#philosophy
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The last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, detained after refusing to abandon his colleagues and patients.
In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
December 29, 2024 at 11:53 AM
The last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, detained after refusing to abandon his colleagues and patients.
In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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Humans vs Ants attempting the “PIANO MOVERS PROBLEMS”
Prof. Ofer Feinerman and his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science made this evolutionary competition that asks the question: Who will be better at maneuvering a large load through a maze?
Prof. Ofer Feinerman and his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science made this evolutionary competition that asks the question: Who will be better at maneuvering a large load through a maze?
December 26, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Humans vs Ants attempting the “PIANO MOVERS PROBLEMS”
Prof. Ofer Feinerman and his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science made this evolutionary competition that asks the question: Who will be better at maneuvering a large load through a maze?
Prof. Ofer Feinerman and his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science made this evolutionary competition that asks the question: Who will be better at maneuvering a large load through a maze?
Amnesty International, after field investigations, concludes that what’s happening in Gaza is an ongoing genocide.
Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Full report, out now.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Full report, out now.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
www.amnesty.org
December 6, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Amnesty International, after field investigations, concludes that what’s happening in Gaza is an ongoing genocide.
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"Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always."
- Robin Williams
- Robin Williams
December 1, 2024 at 7:27 AM
"Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always."
- Robin Williams
- Robin Williams
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‘According to Strawson the “most remarkable episode in the history of human thought" is that those believers deny the existence of something that everyone knows with certainty to exist: conscious experience, a first-person phenomenal perspective.’ #consciousness #physicalism #philosophy
Physicalism Is Dead
There is movement in the sciences of consciousness. Physical reductionism, which attempted to annihilate subjective experience, is challenged by several alternative conceptions.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:18 AM
‘According to Strawson the “most remarkable episode in the history of human thought" is that those believers deny the existence of something that everyone knows with certainty to exist: conscious experience, a first-person phenomenal perspective.’ #consciousness #physicalism #philosophy
In the meantime, tech news from Turkey: t24.com.tr/haber/bitcoi...
Bitcoin'in yükselişini kutlamak için lokma döktürdüler!
Bitcoin'in yükselişini kutlamak için lokma döktürdüler!
t24.com.tr
November 26, 2024 at 1:34 PM
In the meantime, tech news from Turkey: t24.com.tr/haber/bitcoi...
Machine #consciousness cannot exit. It is an absurd idea just from the start. For artificial consciousness, we should look into synthetic biology, not #AI.
The assumption behind "conscious AI" is that consciousness is a cognitive function (#functionalism). ++
The assumption behind "conscious AI" is that consciousness is a cognitive function (#functionalism). ++
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Machine #consciousness cannot exit. It is an absurd idea just from the start. For artificial consciousness, we should look into synthetic biology, not #AI.
The assumption behind "conscious AI" is that consciousness is a cognitive function (#functionalism). ++
The assumption behind "conscious AI" is that consciousness is a cognitive function (#functionalism). ++
"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be experienced."
Jacobus Johannes (J.J.) van der Leeuw (he was a close friend of #Krishnamurti)
Jacobus Johannes (J.J.) van der Leeuw (he was a close friend of #Krishnamurti)
November 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be experienced."
Jacobus Johannes (J.J.) van der Leeuw (he was a close friend of #Krishnamurti)
Jacobus Johannes (J.J.) van der Leeuw (he was a close friend of #Krishnamurti)
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Meanwhile, over on X
August 31, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Meanwhile, over on X
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Last spring, Washington state passed a bill banning commercial octopus farming.
Today, we (myself and 99 others, led by Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Walter Sanchez-Suarez) have a letter in Science supporting the US OCTOPUS Act, which would do the same nationwide.
Today, we (myself and 99 others, led by Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Walter Sanchez-Suarez) have a letter in Science supporting the US OCTOPUS Act, which would do the same nationwide.
Support US OCTOPUS Act to keep octopuses wild
www.science.org
August 17, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Last spring, Washington state passed a bill banning commercial octopus farming.
Today, we (myself and 99 others, led by Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Walter Sanchez-Suarez) have a letter in Science supporting the US OCTOPUS Act, which would do the same nationwide.
Today, we (myself and 99 others, led by Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Walter Sanchez-Suarez) have a letter in Science supporting the US OCTOPUS Act, which would do the same nationwide.
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A beautiful, generous, heartfelt eulogy for Dan Dennett by David Chalmers. This is the spirit in which philosophy should be done and life should be lived.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQl8XxZniok
David Chalmers: A Philosophical Eulogy for Daniel Dennett
Remarks by David Chalmers in a memorial session for Daniel Dennett, at ASSC 27 (the 27th meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness) in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. Filmed by Van Royko and Marie-Philippe Gilbert for EyeSteelFilm.
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2024 at 6:31 PM
A beautiful, generous, heartfelt eulogy for Dan Dennett by David Chalmers. This is the spirit in which philosophy should be done and life should be lived.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQl8XxZniok
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There is a good probability that the universe is a fantastic, magical, meaningful and purposeful place (and so is our own existence).
August 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
There is a good probability that the universe is a fantastic, magical, meaningful and purposeful place (and so is our own existence).
Illusionism is both absurd and significant and consistent at the same time. Because, the underlying epistemology of modern thinking is insufficient. Check the book Galileo's Error by Philip Goff.
#consciousness
#consciousness
It's both absurd and significant and consistent at the same time. Because, the underlying epistemology of modern thinking is insufficient. Check the book Galileo's Error by Philip Goff.
August 9, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Illusionism is both absurd and significant and consistent at the same time. Because, the underlying epistemology of modern thinking is insufficient. Check the book Galileo's Error by Philip Goff.
#consciousness
#consciousness