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Every Problem Is a Prediction Problem
On true belief and explanation, Popper and Deutsch, knowledge in AI, and the nature of understanding
Dec 23
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Can AI Have Free Will?
On entities and events, AI alignment, responsibility and control, and consciousness in machines.
Dec 16
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Solving the Trolley Problem and Other Moral Dilemmas
On the trolley problem, dissolving moral dilemmas, and why civilization means fewer tragic choices.
Dec 9
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Overcoming the Naturalistic Fallacy
On the open-question argument, goodness, the objectivity of moral truths, and the science of morality.
Aug 7
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Review of Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments
On prosperity, moral pluralism, longtermism, self-defeating modernity, and the foundations of ethical concern.
Jan 11
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Free Will
On inevitability, possible worlds, propositions and their truth values, identity, causality, and responsibility.
Oct 8, 2024
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A Response to Noam Chomsky on Machine Learning and Knowledge
On machine learning, the nature of knowledge and intelligence, associations, predictions, and explanations.
Dec 1, 2023
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