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Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under creativity creativity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Functionally defined emotions can be attributed to animals and, to some extent, to AI systems, without any claim about what either of them feels. Functionally defined emotions can beattributed to animals and, to some extent,to AI systems, without any claim aboutwhat either of them feels. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Emotions are functional states, to be understood by what they do rather than by how any particular brain or machine happens to implement them. — tap to centre the map on it Emotions are functional states, tobe understood by what they do ratherthan by how any particular brain ormachine happens to implement them. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Emotions exist because a charging bear demands a response more flexible than a reflex and faster than a plan. — tap to centre the map on it Emotions exist because a chargingbear demands a response moreflexible than a reflex and fasterthan a plan. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The worry is not unaligned AI but unaligned humans with AI. — tap to centre the map on it The worry is not unaligned AI butunaligned humans with AI. Last stated 8 months ago 19 Feb 2026 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will out-think us, but it will not become conscious, because consciousness is a property of life. — tap to centre the map on it AI will out-think us, but it willnot become conscious, becauseconsciousness is a property of life. Last stated 4 years ago 7 Sept 2022 NL Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI systems are very unlikelyto be close to achieving genuinesentience. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Jul 2026 SJ Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial generalintelligence cannot exist withoutbeing recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago 10 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whenever AI can do something as well as or better than humans, that thing arguably stops being valuable or special. — tap to centre the map on it Whenever AI can do something as wellas or better than humans, that thingarguably stops being valuable orspecial. Last stated 3 weeks ago 28 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-28 — 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: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it A faith with a good God but withoutsin, hell, the devil or redemptionis a boys' philosophy CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion — tap to centre the map on it A little philosophy inclines themind to atheism, but depth inphilosophy brings it back toreligion FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Functionally defined emotions can be attributed to animals and, to some extent, to AI systems, without any claim about what either of them feels. Last stated 17 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Ralph Adolphs Read this korrent →