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drkleiner··on AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
> Consciousness is a physical phenomenon

This can mean one of 50 different physicalist frameworks. And only 55% of philosophers of mind accept or lean towards physicalism

https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/results/4874?aos=16

> rainbows, their ends, and pots of gold at them are not

It's an analogy. Someone sees a rainbow and assumes there might be a pot of gold at the end of it, so they think if there were more rainbows, there would be more likelihood of pot of gold (or more pots of gold).

Someone sees computing, assuming consciousness is at the end of it, so they think fi there were more computing, there would be more likelihood of consciousness.

But just like the pot of gold, that might be a false assumption. After all, even under physicalism, there is a variety of ideas, some of which would say more computing will not yield consciousness.

Personally, I think even if computing as we know can't yield consciousness, that would just result in changing "computing as we know" and end up with attempts to make computers with wetware, literal neurons (which I think is already an attempt)

drkleiner··on xAI's Grok 3 comes to Microsoft Azure
But implementation was too messy for someone with expertise to do it on CEO's request
drkleiner··on xAI's Grok 3 comes to Microsoft Azure
Hit the salute twice
drkleiner··on xAI's Grok 3 comes to Microsoft Azure
It's hard to believe it is Elon either, I don't think he would know how unless they made a special interface for him
drkleiner··on Beeper acquired by Automattic
That doesn't sound much considering they employ like 2k people, that's $100k per worker and considering they're tech workers that would just cover their pay
drkleiner··on Yes, social media is a cause of the epidemic of teenage mental illness
Internet used to be a village, with nice cozy places and communities but also shady weird individuals and houses you're not supposed to enter

Now it is a shopping mall, sanitized, organized, brands and ads plastered all around, not really for socializing and community but more for products and marketing, you can still find a bookstore or a cafe but in the end, shopping mall is there to make you shop

drkleiner··on Beeper acquired by Automattic
> Our teams and products will merge

From the article, not a rumor.

drkleiner··on Beeper acquired by Automattic
Then Beeper would just be replaced by bigger fish (or open source fish)
drkleiner··on Beeper acquired by Automattic
They will likely dismantle Texts and focus on Beeper as it received more investment while taking the good of Texts. They will probably introduce Texts monetization model to Beeper though.

One app for Apple and another for Android kinda defeats the purpose of "all in one platform", wouldn't it?

drkleiner··on Beeper acquired by Automattic
Good for both products, Beeper and Texts, but seems like there will be layoffs coming
drkleiner··on The illusion of AI’s existential risk
Solid book, Metzinger is really underrated
drkleiner··on AI does not exist but it will ruin everything anyway [video]
Wrong approaches and little to no focus on bigger picture will either lead to destructive consequences or oversight on destructive consequences