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Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under Narcissism Narcissism Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The most important decisions about our bodies will be taken by external algorithms, not by our own feelings The most important decisions about ourbodies will be taken by externalalgorithms, not by our own feelings Last stated 12 years ago 8 Feb 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-02-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: People will rely ever more on algorithms to decide for them, but the algorithms are unlikely to manipulate them consciously, having no consciousness — tap to centre the map on it People will rely ever more onalgorithms to decide for them, butthe algorithms are unlikely tomanipulate them consciously, havingno consciousness YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feelings are a guidance system for life: right decisions come from the gut, wrong ones from not listening to it — tap to centre the map on it Feelings are a guidance system forlife: right decisions come from thegut, wrong ones from not listeningto it Last stated 18 years ago 15 Jun 2008 OW Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2008-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thoughts, feelings, decisions and bodies are not real in themselves, only useful abstractions layered over the underlying chaos of atoms. — tap to centre the map on it Thoughts, feelings, decisions andbodies are not real in themselves,only useful abstractions layeredover the underlying chaos of atoms. Last stated 4 months ago 24 Jun 2026 JB Jamie Brandon — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feelings are biochemical algorithms that rapidly calculate probabilities of survival and reproduction — tap to centre the map on it Feelings are biochemical algorithmsthat rapidly calculate probabilitiesof survival and reproduction Last stated 12 years ago 8 Feb 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-02-08 — 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: Responsibility for algorithms taking authority from humans lies with the biologists, not the computer geeks — tap to centre the map on it Responsibility for algorithms takingauthority from humans lies with thebiologists, not the computer geeks YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once algorithms know you better than you know yourself, they can control and manipulate you — tap to centre the map on it Once algorithms know you better thanyou know yourself, they can controland manipulate you YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Losing your emotions does not leave you a cooler decision-maker; it leaves you unable to organise a life at all. — tap to centre the map on it Losing your emotions does not leaveyou a cooler decision-maker; itleaves you unable to organise a lifeat all. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it Abolitionists who felt the slave'swrongs were blind to the equal legalwrongs of their own mothers, wivesand sisters ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming stupidity rather thanmalice changes the response: empathyand clarity instead ofdefensiveness. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Nov 2024 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is aburden rather than an advantage whenlearning to work with coding agents. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — 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 Same subject: Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier — tap to centre the map on it Feuds between neighbouring, closelyrelated peoples are a relativelyharmless outlet for aggression thatmakes group cohesion easier SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded. — tap to centre the map on it Narcissism runs along a spectrumrather than being a category, andschema therapy treats it by workingback to what early life embedded. Last stated 6 years ago 30 Jul 2020 WB Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff. — tap to centre the map on it Narcissists can change meaningfullyin therapy, though nobody changescompletely, and most of the work ispersisting with empathicconfrontation past the first rebuff. Last stated 6 years ago 30 Jul 2020 WB Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
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