AI doesn’t experience things. It doesn’t even experience nothing. It’s basically a zombie. We anthropomorphize it to describe what it’s doing, but it isn’t doing anything from its frame of reference. It doesn’t think, feel, want or know anything.
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By Johnathon Lee Science opened the door to atheism, and atheism to egoism. That’s where...
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My point is that you don’t have to be a presentist to be Buddhist.
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Santa doesn’t exist, he’s never been present in space or time, but we live in a world where he might as well exist. That’s why I say that he’s real. Real things have lasting consequences. This goes for Buddha and Jesus too.
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Words also aren’t as arbitrary as we used to believe. When shown two shapes, one sharp and one rounded, and asked to label each one kiki or bouba, almost everyone—across diverse cultures— agrees that kiki is sharp and bouba is round.
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