AI
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Semiotic Ghosts: A slice of GPT sci fi
Beware the spectres of meaning
I wanted to try some GPT-generated ‘theory fiction’. ChatGPT responded to my prompt as usual, but then I got a strange formatting error. A tad creepy, given the topic? “Yes, that’s right,” the computational anthropologist said, nodding. “They are like specters of meaning, haunting the network of the language model and shaping its behavior in…
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Is it possible for the Internet to one day gain consciousness?
A recent Quora answer I wrote: Sometimes I wonder if Quora bots are conscious! 🙂 I often think about whether the internet could become sentient… and also whether it is already! But the most important question is this: how would we tell one way or the other? Perhaps each of us is like a neuron…
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From Cell Membranes to Computational Aesthetics: On the Importance of Boundaries in Life and Art
My next 3QD column is out. I speculate about the role of boundaries in life and aesthetic experience. (Dopamine cells make a cameo appearance too.) This image is a taster: If you want to know what this diagram might mean, check out the article: From Cell Membranes to Computational Aesthetics: On the Importance of Boundaries…