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Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Psychological suffering is normal, not a rare disease: it is all around us despite the highest living standards in history. Psychological suffering is normal, not arare disease: it is all around us despitethe highest living standards in history. Last stated 19 years ago by 29 Aug 2007 RH Russ Harris — holds since 2007-08-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The miracle of sentience and the beauty of life in the universe also involves a lot of suffering. — tap to centre the map on it The miracle of sentience and thebeauty of life in the universe alsoinvolves a lot of suffering. Last stated 3 years ago 12 Mar 2024 ML Michael Levin — holds since 2024-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adverse life experiences contribute to both psychological and biomedical illness. — tap to centre the map on it Adverse life experiences contributeto both psychological and biomedicalillness. Last stated 13 years ago 1 Mar 2014 FS Francine Shapiro — holds since 2014-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: People cannot thrive while their primary psychological identification is with the news cycle rather than with their own lives. — tap to centre the map on it People cannot thrive while theirprimary psychological identificationis with the news cycle rather thanwith their own lives. Last stated 5 years ago by 16 Aug 2021 OB Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Suffering is not an objective condition in the outside world — tap to centre the map on it Suffering is not an objectivecondition in the outside world YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: People quickly forget that suffering on the scale of the First World War is possible, and it becomes acceptable easily. — tap to centre the map on it People quickly forget that sufferingon the scale of the First World Waris possible, and it becomesacceptable easily. Last stated 3 months ago 18 Jul 2026 MA Maggie Appleton — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person's dignity does not depend on how much they have suffered. — tap to centre the map on it A person's dignity does not dependon how much they have suffered. Last stated a year ago 20 Jun 2025 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2025-06-20 — 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: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — 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
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At the centre Psychological suffering is normal, not a rare disease: it is all around us despite the highest living standards in history. Last stated by 29 Aug 2007 · 19 years ago Holds Russ Harris Read this korrent →