Tag Archives: knowledge

A Description of Egoism and the Singularity

By Raelifin | Published: April 5, 2011

I need to post what I write. I write often, to myself and to others, but so very often I feel as though the ideas and statements inside are somehow not worth publishing. This blog was only ever intended as a personal space; I have no obligation to post here, or any professional interest. So [...]

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Cooperative Disagreement

By Raelifin | Published: February 28, 2011

This post is in many ways a response to Being Right and Knowing It on Rysade’s Blog “Iteration”. In other ways it is an attempt to remind myself of my ideals in the wake of failing them a couple nights ago when debating genetic engineering. When some Jehovah’s Witnesses come to my door and ask [...]

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AGI Braindump Sept 2010

By Raelifin | Published: September 20, 2010

I wrote this up for someone who was interested in my thoughts on Artificial General Intelligence, and I thought I’d post it here as a kind of time capsule to show the state of my mind right now. If anyone has any questions or answers, please leave a comment. ^_^ With regard to AI, it’s [...]

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Beyond Popper

By Raelifin | Published: July 1, 2010

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine recently about the nature of knowledge. As with just about any discussion of epistemology with me, much of the conversation was about critical rationalism. In this discussion, I came to realize something. One of the key foundations of critical rationalism is the idea that no [...]

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Mini-Project: Think Like a “Good Old AI” Researcher

By Raelifin | Published: May 11, 2010

Those who’ve known me for many years will know that I love to create fictional worlds. They represent the epitome of complicated systems, with all of the messiness and detail of the real world combined with the flexibility required to satisfy my creative desires. Because of the immensity of world-building, at a certain point it [...]

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