Archive - Pursuing Reality

The second bitter lesson

There’s a fundamental problem with aligning AI — tying it to consciousness is the only solution

Jan 7 •

April 2023

Consciousness first

The ultimate good and how we can navigate the near-term future

Apr 4, 2023 •

November 2022

Utilitarianism is the only option

But you have to take conscious experience seriously first

Nov 10, 2022 •

October 2022

Finally getting the depth of the AI alignment problem

I’m one of those people that finds it hard to believe that misaligned Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) could destroy the world.

Oct 13, 2022 •

September 2022

Resisting the invasion of our inner world

In the middle of the last century, two visionaries warned of two contrasting dystopias.

Sep 21, 2022 •

November 2020

The limits of rationality

It's easy to idealise rationality.

Nov 25, 2020 •

June 2020

Creativity in neural networks and our view of reality

Jun 29, 2020 •

May 2020

A hierarchy of truth

I first started thinking more deeply about what it means for something to be true after hearing a, now infamous, conversation between Sam Harris and…

May 9, 2020 •

April 2020

The ways of knowing

When trying to understand the nature of reality, we have to grapple with the question of how it is that we can know something of it.

Apr 18, 2020 •

Light dancing with darkness

A blog in strange times...

Apr 6, 2020 •

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