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The Choice Paradox
More choices, less satisfaction.
You might assume that more choice would be a good thing, but research has shown that more options lead to less happiness with whatever option is selected.
In a world of abundance, what we truly crave is scarcity.
These Paradoxes Will Cha...
@SahilBloom on Twitter
My own leap of faith is this: Once machines do succeed in being convincing when they speak of their qualia and conscious experiences, they will indeed constitute conscious persons. I have come to my position via this thought experiment: Imagine that you meet an entity in the future (a robot or an avatar) that is completely convincing in her emotional reactions. She laughs convincingly at your jokes, and in turn makes you laugh and cry (but not just by pinching you). She convinces you of her sincerity when she speaks of her fears and longings. In every way, she seems conscious. She seems, in fact, like a person. Would you accept her as a conscious person? If your initial reaction is that you would likely detect some way in which she betrays her nonbiological nature, then you are not keeping to the assumptions in this hypothetical situation, which established that she is fully convincing.
How to Create a Mind
Ray Kurzweil
4. Mean World Syndrome:
The news exists to get your attention, so it tends to shock. As such, it doesn't reflect reality but precisely that which is uncharacteristic of reality. But since it's all we see, we begin to think the world is crazier than it actually is.
Everyone, a New MEGATHRE...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
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