I was making a selection of quotes that I truly adore, and this came out: “We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself”― Carl Sagan “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create
Inspirational Quotes for the AI Hacker
Slaughterbots – AI scare PR gone wrong
This film is merely bad science fiction, nothing more. Sure, we could build such bots, but the scenario is absurd. Would banning any kind of weapon control system prevent terrorists from using it? That itself is a basic error of
Censored Criticism on the Wikipedia Article About AI Eschatology
AI doomsayer charlatans (such as Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nick Bostrom, Elon Musk and their various minions and shills) have been spreading Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt about the AGI field for over 7 years, and it is time to reveal what they do
In Defense of Jim Carrey’s Anti-Personality Stance
I witness with amazement how the common village folk find the oddly smart actor Jim Carrey’s denouncement of the Platonic ideal of Self and Personhood. Jim Carrey, it seems, has reached a philosophical level of consciousness occupied seldomly by actors,
Simulation Argument and Existential AI Risk
The combination of simulation argument and existential AI risk nonsense can be aptly described as new age creationism. Claiming that AGI technology will destroy “humanity” with 20-30% probability was a rather comical maneuver by the arch-creationist Bostrom. I understand that
Time Crystals and Digital Physics
Recently, experiments have been conducted that verify the existence of a state of matter that is called a discrete time crystal. This type of material has a perfect repetition across time, which means that it acts like a Perpetuum Mobile
A suggestion to our Davos elites
My personal work is replacing data scientists with human-level AI. Imagine what we can do if we can replace statisticians. It was us, scientists, who made those very developments in AI, and robotics that you elites so abstractly talked about
Simulation Argument Does Not Contain a Scientific Hypothesis
Not anymore than the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster, or a toothy fairy, or a djinn contains one. Just because you can imagine that you live in a giant video game, does not mean that is a scientifically credible thought. If there
Thus spoke Cyberthustra
I see many a folk who blindly follow their leaders and glorify them. I see those who among you who would like to see me as their crazy leader, even, as though that may not be the wisest thing
The Shadow of Behaviorism
Behaviorism cast a long and wide shadow back in the day, and some of its influence can still be felt within the AI discipline. I want to focus on a few habits that are apparently left-over from behaviorist psychology, and probably
My letter to Future of Life Institute
Dear Viktoriya, While the mission statement of your organization seemed fair at the time, I believe that the AI expertise level of your board is not sufficiently high, and your board of “scientific advisors” have little to do with actual
Scratch Artificial, Is Intelligence an Existential Risk?
Does Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology pose a threat to human society? Any technology, in the wrong hands, may pose a threat to humans, after all technology is defined by its provision of higher capabilities than what we are naturally endowed
Evidence of biological basis for religion in human evolution
Belief in religion is neuro-anatomically not the same thing as rational thinking, interesting study: Evidence of biological basis for religion in human evolution. This is quite sensible, as I have seen many cases where I saw otherwise intelligent and knowledgeable
An Open Letter to Daniel Dennett and Henry Markram on TSC 2014 Conference
Apparently, the assumption of dualists is that when competent philosophers and scientists agree to give talks at their “conference”s, then their views suddenly become scientifically credible! I am attempting to thwart this misdirection by the following open letter to two
Intelligence Explosion, Infinity Point, and the Law of Accelerating Returns
Video log from Gok Us WHQ: Transcript Hello there, My name’s Eray Ozkural and I’d like to talk to you about the intelligence explosion, the infinity point hypothesis, the law of accelerating returns and the relations between them. In 1965,
Why the Simulation Argument is Invalid
In this philosophical piece, I will try to summarize the main reasons why the so-called simulation argument a la Bostrom is most certainly invalid. I will show, from the perspective of science and empiricist philosophy, that it hinges on some
Digital Physics vs. The Simulation Argument
Recently, there has been widespread confusion about digital physics relating it to the simulation argument. Digital physics, the hypothesis that the universe is a kind of digital computer is most likely true. Simulation argument is not. It is a very
The Cylon Argument
A parody, infused in a bit of science fiction…. Year 2041. Brain emulations are very common. After the 2039 international agreements, virtually every country has had to approve of brain simulations as continuations or branches of their legal citizens. A
Diverse Consequences of Algorithmic Probability
Here is my presentation for the following paper titled Diverse Consequences of Algorithmic Probability. The slides aren’t viewed well in the video, so here they are: Slides to Diverse Consequences of Algorithmic Probability Probably the most interesting thing about this
Godseed: benevolent or malevolent?
Introduction One of the most interesting questions we’ve ever pondered on the ai-philosophy mailing list was how you would build an “angelic” autonomous AI. Would it be possible to make some kind of angel’s mind that, by design, achieves only