The Self, Time and Freedom: The Director Born from the Orchestra
How do consciousness, experienced time and freedom connect? A philosophical exploration of self-representation, neuroscience and our capacity to change ourselves.
Category Philosophy
AI and the future of human value
We are entering a period of profound and disruptive change. An event that passed largely unnoticed—the effective crossing of the Turing test—may, in hindsight, mark a turning point. There is now a growing belief that we have reached, or are…
Aria’s idea of me
I had fun asking Aria, my digital personal assistant, to describe what it learned about me over the past few months we’ve worked together. In the new release, it finally learns from every interaction. Then I asked it to generate…
With this AI, what does it mean to be human?
The development of AI is both relentless and astonishing.I recently experimented with using ChatGPT on increasingly complex tasks. Had an article on this blog that required finishing and little inspiration so asked my electronic friend to give it a go.The…
Fractal analogies in nature
What do you think this portrays?The tomographic scan of a human brain right?Well, you might be disappointed.This is the infrared scan of the deep sky and our nearest galaxies. A multicellular organism lives in the deep sky?Are we and our…
Biocentrism and a new age interpretation of reality
Biocentrism is a theory that, by setting man back at the center of the universe, offers a new age interpretation of reality. We don’t just perceive reality the way we do, rather we create it inside our minds. In this…
AI and Art: what is truly artificial?
Machine Art AI, art, artificial: the above piece of artwork has been created by an AI agent: should we considered it artificial? You might be bewildered with this ability or you might be not. After all we are more accustomed…
On human thought, artificial intelligence and the intimate nature of things
There is nothing more interesting and fascinating to me than those things I don’t quite understand. Human vs artificial intelligence, the inner workings of matter in quantum mechanics, our ability to be sentient and develop knowledge, the rise of machines and…