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Kelly Truelove
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Technologist | Erstwhile computational physicist | Projects at TrueSciPhi.org: Explorations in computational philosophy via AI dialogues • Curated science & philosophy podcast collections
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Newton: “This says we arrive before we depart.”
Einstein: “Time zones.”
Newton: “Should I be concerned?”
Einstein: “Only if we run into ourselves at the other end.”
Two men—one resembling Isaac Newton in 17th-century attire with long white curly hair and the other resembling Albert Einstein in a modern gray suit with wild white hair and a mustache—stand together at an airport near Gate 12. They are looking at a smartphone with curious and amused expressions.
June 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Illustrative shortcomings: www.truesciphi.ai/p/experiment...
GPT-4o (edited): A simplified illustration of Maxwell’s demon. The image shows a box divided into two chambers labeled “Hot” on the left and “Cold” on the right. Orange particles with arrows are in the hot side, while blue particles with arrows are in the cold side. A cartoon demon with horns and bat wings is sitting atop a small trapdoor between the chambers, selectively allowing particles to pass from the cold side to the hot side. GPT-4o (edited): Illustration of Parfit’s teletransporter thought experiment. On the left, a person stands in a ‘Scanner’ pod with a question mark above them. On the right, a person appears to wave inside a ‘Receiver’ pod on another planet. Dotted arrows connect the two, symbolizing transmission. Between the pods are icons of Earth and another planet, suggesting interplanetary transport. The image raises a philosophical question about identity and continuity.
April 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Experimenting with Thought Experiments:
Maxwell's demon, Parfit's teletransporter, the "Museum of Vanished Selves," and the nature of exploratory AI dialogues

www.truesciphi.ai/p/experiment...

#philsky
GPT-4o: A black and white photograph of a tall, thin, abstract sculpture of a human figure standing on a small rectangular base. The sculpture is made of a rough, textured material and is displayed in a dimly lit, industrial-style room with concrete floors and walls. The figure has elongated limbs and is posed with one arm extended forward and the other slightly raised. A spotlight casts a dramatic shadow of the sculpture onto the floor behind it. A rope barrier surrounds the artwork.
April 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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“It is so thin that maybe it does not exist at all…”
—Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

Another curious AI conversation: www.truesciphi.ai/p/vanishing-...
GPT-4o: This image showcases a sleek, modern art installation featuring a tall, spire-like sculpture positioned on a reflective circular surface. The sculpture’s needle-like design extends vertically from the center of the reflective base, creating a mirrored illusion that emphasizes symmetry. The surrounding space appears to be a minimalist gallery with clean lines, polished floors, and plain walls adorned with three framed, black, rectangular artworks in the background. The monochromatic black-and-white composition adds to the contemporary and abstract atmosphere of the scene.
September 16, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Collection of 136 podcasts with focus on physics, math, and/or astronomy: truesciphi.org/physics-math...

Collection of 78 general science podcasts: truesciphi.org/science-podc...

Suggestions for additions welcome. 🧪 ⚛️ 🧮 🔭
Black-and-white image of a Moiré pattern resembling a dipole field.
August 18, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Just a glitch: www.truesciphi.ai/p/processing...
GPT-4o: This black-and-white illustration, done in a woodcut style, depicts a cloaked figure standing by a tranquil lake, pulling back the surface of the water like a curtain. Beneath the lifted water, a hidden cosmic scene is revealed, filled with planets, stars, and galaxies, including a prominent Saturn-like planet. The natural landscape in the background features trees, rolling hills, and distant mountains under a calm sky, with the large planet Saturn also visible above the horizon. The scene suggests the unveiling of a hidden universe beneath the ordinary, blending the mundane with the mystical. The image is framed with intricate decorative borders, reinforcing its vintage and symbolic nature.
August 18, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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Pulling on a loose thread of the fabric of the universe: www.truesciphi.ai/p/processing...
GPT-4o (edited): This black-and-white illustration, styled like a woodcut, depicts a person kneeling on the ground, pulling a rope that stretches to a distant horizon. This act has torn open a triangular gap in the fabric of the scene with one point at the horizon and the other two at the corners of the image near the person. Through this opening, a starry night is revealed with a large, radiant sun-like face, suggesting a hidden or alternate reality beyond the visible world. The foreground features a rural landscape with trees, hills, and a small house, illuminated by the setting sun on the horizon. The image is framed with intricate decorative borders, adding to its vintage and mystical appearance. The artwork conveys themes of exploration, revelation, and the unveiling of hidden truths.
August 17, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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A dialogue in which ChatGPT encounters, and repeatedly attempts to illustrate, "turtles all the way down" — www.truesciphi.ai/p/autoregres...
ChatGPT: This colorful illustration depicts a whimsical, fantastical scene inspired by the “turtles all the way down” concept. At the top, a turtle carries the Earth on its back. Below it, a seemingly endless stack of turtles, each balancing on the shell of the one beneath it, extends downward. The background is filled with stars, suggesting a cosmic setting. Additional turtles are floating in the space around the main stack. The vibrant, detailed artwork conveys a sense of infinite regression and playful imagination.
July 3, 2024 at 2:36 AM
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Scientific realism & anti-realism, via DALL•E. Visualization 11 of 12 covered in "Drawing Conclusions" at www.truesciphi.ai/p/drawing-co...

#philsky #philsci
ChatGPT: The generated image captures the philosophical debate between scientific realism and scientific anti-realism. On one side, it features a transparent globe with a complex mechanism inside, symbolizing the realist belief that scientific theories uncover the true structure of the world, including unobservable entities. On the other side, it depicts a person painting a canvas with stars, galaxies, and atoms, illustrating the anti-realist perspective that scientific theories are constructs that help us organize experiences and predict phenomena, without necessarily disclosing the true nature of reality.
March 7, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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Only a few!
July 5, 2023 at 3:44 PM
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June 1, 2023 at 2:27 PM
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Becoming comfortable in a new social media app.
May 3, 2023 at 8:14 PM