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Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
For all their sophistication, today’s AIs are intelligent in the same way a calculator might be said to be intelligent: they are both machines designed to convert input into output in ways that humans—who have minds—choose to interpret as meaningful. While neural networks may be loosely modeled on brains, the very best of them are vastly less complex than a mouse’s brain.
What an Octopus’s Mind Can Teach Us About AI’s Ultimate Mystery
octopus test
Tolerance thus bases equal rights on benevolent patronization rather than democratic first principles, much as a parent’s misguided plea that Jason “share” the swing or seesaw on a public playground teaches Jason that his gracious consent, rather than another child’s equal claim, determines the other child’s access.
Racecraft
Barbara J. Fields, Karen Fields
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