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- Comment on Deep in Mordor where the shadows lie: Dystopian tales of that time when I sold out to Google – elilla & friends’ very occasional blog thing 3 weeks ago:
Yes, great article! Well worth the read! It reminds me very much of my time at (different)big Tech as well…🤑
- Comment on Deep in Mordor where the shadows lie: Dystopian tales of that time when I sold out to Google – elilla & friends’ very occasional blog thing 3 weeks ago:
It’s short, and worth the read! Battle through the short-form video content dopamine-hit addiction.
- Comment on An Alarming Number of Gen Z Ai Users Think It's Conscious 2 months ago:
“Corporations are people too, friend!” - Mitt Romney
Bringing in the underlying concept of free will. Robert Sapolsky makes a very compelling case against it in his book, Determined.
Assuming that free will does not exist, at least not to the extent many believe it to. The notion that we can >walk back the why’s pretty easy to identify anyone’s motivation> becomes almost or entirely absolute.
Does motivation matter in the context of determining sentience?
If something believes and conducts itself under its programming, whether psychological or mental, that it is sentient and alive, the outcome is the same.
It was good talking with you! Highly recommend the book above. I did the audiobook out of necessity during my commute and some of the material makes it better for hardcopy.