Nah, the neo luddite reaction is playing out on bluesky, and we are prepared to dealing with it by staying on X
@plinz
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Computers as Causal Insulators: Substrate-Independent Function
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A computer is basically a causal insulator. It allows a function to exist on top of another substrate, filtering away the substrate dynamics. We typically define computers as deterministic, by the functions they allow to compute in a controlled way; in reality they approximate
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Laplace’s Demon in Branching Universes and Stochastic Systems
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Laplace's demon needs to deal with a branching universe. Structures within the universe need to deal with a stochastic substrate.
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Brain Nondeterminism: Redundancy and Error Correction Mechanisms
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Brains are not deterministic, but the nondeterminism is not magically adding higher powers. It is deleting bits you already computed, the brain has to combat it with redundancy and error correction.
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Why does AI attract obsessive interest and passionate debate?
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what is it about this topic that attracts lunatics like moths seeking the light
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Carbon Atoms as Patterns: Semantics Through Relational Change
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A carbon atom is a pattern, its semantics are defined by how its presence changes other patterns.
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Should humanity have evolved? Ethical implications explored
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Do you think it would have been better if humans had not evolved?
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Computers and Brains as Mathematical Computing Systems
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Computers don't imitate brains at all. The computer is a very general mathematical idea: a system that can execute functions via arbitrary sequences of state transitions. Both brains and GPUs are in this category.
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Followers in Camp Soft Landing This Year?
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Are any of my followers in camp Soft Landing this year?
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Visual Cortex Architecture: Contralateral Processing in Neural Systems
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the visual cortex is on the other side