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← AI may become ever more intelligent without ever becoming conscious, as airplanes fly without growing feathers

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 3 Nov 2008 to 4 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about aviation.

Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under China China Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI may become ever more intelligent without ever becoming conscious, as airplanes fly without growing feathers AI may become ever more intelligentwithout ever becoming conscious, asairplanes fly without growing feathers Last stated 2 years ago 28 Oct 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functioning institution is a rare exception and never grows by itself: it was assembled by a founder with good judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A functioning institution is a rareexception and never grows by itself:it was assembled by a founder withgood judgement. Last stated 8 years ago 9 Jul 2018 SB Samo Burja — holds since 2018-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations. — tap to centre the map on it AI systems should be understood assomething between airplanes andhumans, since it can no longer beassumed they lack humanlikemotivations. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI's energy use is an easier end-use to decarbonize than aviation. — tap to centre the map on it AI's energy use is an easier end-useto decarbonize than aviation. Last stated 3 months ago 5 Aug 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-08-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Airplanes are already almost as energy-efficient as they could possibly be, so no redesign will radically improve their efficiency. — tap to centre the map on it Airplanes are already almost asenergy-efficient as they couldpossibly be, so no redesign willradically improve their efficiency. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because software is the cheapest part of a system to change, other disciplines lean on it to paper over their own physical problems, and that reliance has killed people. — tap to centre the map on it Because software is the cheapestpart of a system to change, otherdisciplines lean on it to paper overtheir own physical problems, andthat reliance has killed people. Last stated 6 years ago 20 Jan 2021 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2021-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Boeing's decline began when its management moved away from the factory and the engineers stopped running it. — tap to centre the map on it Boeing's decline began when itsmanagement moved away from thefactory and the engineers stoppedrunning it. Last stated 5 years ago 31 Aug 2021 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2021-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: By 2045 natural gas will be a fuel for aviation, shipping and industrial heat rather than a way of making electricity. — tap to centre the map on it By 2045 natural gas will be a fuelfor aviation, shipping andindustrial heat rather than a way ofmaking electricity. Last stated 10 months ago 8 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-12-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: China will substantially close its strategic technology gaps, including in chips and aviation. — tap to centre the map on it China will substantially close itsstrategic technology gaps, includingin chips and aviation. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Jul 2023 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2023-07-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity has not yet created a conscious computer program — tap to centre the map on it Humanity has not yet created aconscious computer program Last stated 3 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains — tap to centre the map on it It is far from clear that LLMs areconscious, because theirarchitecture is very different fromanimal brains Last stated 3 weeks ago 3 Oct 2026 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is unclear whether a digital emulation of a person could ever be conscious, even in principle. — tap to centre the map on it It is unclear whether a digitalemulation of a person could ever beconscious, even in principle. Last stated 3 years ago 19 Aug 2023 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2023-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it Apple's risk is being reduced tohardware: people keep buying thebest phone while everything they doon it comes from someone else'smodel. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
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