Jochen Szangolies
@quondammechanic.bsky.social
Quantum computing @DLR by day, quantum foundations by night. Writer at 3 Quarks Daily. Occasional meditator and dabbler in the philosophy of mind. It's all fun and games until somebody loses an I.
Doing the time warp again...
January 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Doing the time warp again...
There is frequent consternation regarding how certain politicians, given that they produce manifestly untrue statements at breakneck speed, manage not to be taken to task for their lies. But this is ultimately based on mistaken assumptions: the lie is its own end.
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Saying ‘No’: On Power And Reality - 3 Quarks Daily
by Jochen Szangolies
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January 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
There is frequent consternation regarding how certain politicians, given that they produce manifestly untrue statements at breakneck speed, manage not to be taken to task for their lies. But this is ultimately based on mistaken assumptions: the lie is its own end.
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Some scattered thoughts on how the inability of (present-day) AI to truly originate anything makes it impossible for it both to produce any true art and to be a moral actor, how the two align, and what this means for the project of AI Alignment.
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Art Or Artifice: Agency And AI Alignment - 3 Quarks Daily
by Jochen Szangolies
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December 9, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Some scattered thoughts on how the inability of (present-day) AI to truly originate anything makes it impossible for it both to produce any true art and to be a moral actor, how the two align, and what this means for the project of AI Alignment.
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Abendspaziergang den Auenlandweg entlang...
October 16, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Abendspaziergang den Auenlandweg entlang...
New column out today!
In which I try to give an idea of how considering the process of observation as part of the quantum formalism throws up problems for the conception of an objective world standing on a stable bedrock of absolute facts.
In which I try to give an idea of how considering the process of observation as part of the quantum formalism throws up problems for the conception of an objective world standing on a stable bedrock of absolute facts.
Wigner’s Many Friends: Quantum Mechanics And Reality - 3 Quarks Daily
by Jochen Szangolies Whenever I use words like ‘reality’, ‘truth’, or ‘existence’, I feel an almost irresistible urge to mark my vague sense of unease by liberal application of scare quote...
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October 16, 2023 at 10:39 AM
New column out today!
In which I try to give an idea of how considering the process of observation as part of the quantum formalism throws up problems for the conception of an objective world standing on a stable bedrock of absolute facts.
In which I try to give an idea of how considering the process of observation as part of the quantum formalism throws up problems for the conception of an objective world standing on a stable bedrock of absolute facts.