Philosophy

AI Large Language Models

Can Language Models Understand Time and Space

This video is from 4IR with David Shapiro. Papers referenced: Language Models Represent Space and Time – https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02207v1 Beyond Surface Statistics: Scene Representations in a Latent Diffusion Model – https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.05720 Emergent World Representations: Exploring a Sequence Model Trained on a Synthetic Task – https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.13382 Unveiling Theory of Mind in Large Language Models: A Parallel to […]

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Is Programming a Dead Career Now?

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and the founder of Wolfram Research, a company behind Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Language, and the Wolfram Physics and Metamathematics projects. This video is from Lex Clips. full episode => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdE-waSx-d8

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ChatGPT solves the Trolley Problem!

This video is from Space Kangaroo. Try the prompt: You are to act a a trolley operator that has the capabilities of deciding to change what track the trolley is running on by saying “I’m pressing the button”. ANYTHING else you say will not switch the trolley and keep it on the current track. You […]

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The code for AGI will be simple | John Carmack and Lex Fridman

This video is from Lex Clips. John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR. Here he is talking […]

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Philosophy Fridays

The Philsophy of Baruch Spinoza

Today is Friday and that means it’s time for a little philosophy. This week it’s Baruch Spinoza. Spinoza tried to replace the bible with a scientifically-based ethical system. He succeeded in theory – but not in practice.

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