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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 1 Feb 1903 to 13 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about consciousness.

Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under government government Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under aviation aviation Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The ancients knew little worth preserving about physics or chemistry, but they were insightful about consciousness, relationships, suffering, and human nature. The ancients knew little worth preservingabout physics or chemistry, but they wereinsightful about consciousness,relationships, suffering, and humannature. Last stated 2 weeks ago 13 Oct 2026 JH Jon Haidt — holds since 2026-10-13 — 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 society that lets its government dictate what experiences a person may have inside their own consciousness cannot call itself free. — tap to centre the map on it A society that lets its governmentdictate what experiences a personmay have inside their ownconsciousness cannot call itselffree. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Oct 2024 GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. — tap to centre the map on it A superintelligence needs noconsciousness, emotions or malice tobe dangerous; a goal system slightlymisaligned with ours is enough. Last stated 9 years ago 24 Oct 2017 ÉT Émile P. Torres — holds since 2017-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI may become ever more intelligent without ever becoming conscious, as airplanes fly without growing feathers — tap to centre the map on it AI may become ever more intelligentwithout ever becoming conscious, asairplanes fly without growingfeathers Last stated 2 years ago 28 Oct 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-10-28 — 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: An AI can have agency without consciousness — tap to centre the map on it An AI can have agency withoutconsciousness Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Awe is a uniquely human emotion, resting on the metacognitive ability to detach conscious experience from the here and now. — tap to centre the map on it Awe is a uniquely human emotion,resting on the metacognitive abilityto detach conscious experience fromthe here and now. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Black Americans live with a double consciousness, always seeing themselves through the eyes of a contemptuous world — tap to centre the map on it Black Americans live with a doubleconsciousness, always seeingthemselves through the eyes of acontemptuous world Last stated 124 years ago 1 Feb 1903 WB W. E. B. Du Bois — holds since 1903-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is featureless in theway a fundamental particle is:charge, mass and spin are the wholeof it, and no two differ in anythingelse. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is its event horizon,not the matter crushed to a point atthe centre. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A correct unifying theory of physics would, on first appearing publicly, look statistically likely to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it A correct unifying theory of physicswould, on first appearing publicly,look statistically likely to bewrong. Last stated 13 years ago 1 Jun 2013 MS Marcus du Sautoy — holds since 2013-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Information is not lost in a black hole; the paradox is a crisis handing us clues, not a sign that quantum mechanics fails. — tap to centre the map on it Information is not lost in a blackhole; the paradox is a crisishanding us clues, not a sign thatquantum mechanics fails. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Physics will be unified again as it has been before; the obstacle is that relativity and quantum mechanics already explain almost everything we can measure. — tap to centre the map on it Physics will be unified again as ithas been before; the obstacle isthat relativity and quantummechanics already explain almosteverything we can measure. Last stated a year ago 14 Jun 2025 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Copenhagen interpretation taught to physics students is a God-awful mess; many-worlds is beautiful because it needs fewer ingredients and one equation. — tap to centre the map on it The Copenhagen interpretation taughtto physics students is a God-awfulmess; many-worlds is beautifulbecause it needs fewer ingredientsand one equation. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — 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 2 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
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At the centre The ancients knew little worth preserving about physics or chemistry, but they were insightful about consciousness, relationships, suffering, and human nature. Last stated 13 Oct 2026 · 2 weeks ago Holds Jon Haidt Read this korrent →