Gabriel MurrayCarlo Rovelli, Relational QM, and Nondualism — Making Up MindsI recently finished Carlo Rovelli’s most recent book, Helgoland, and greatly enjoyed it. The core of the book is about the relational…Jun 25, 2021Jun 25, 2021
Gabriel MurrayWhat is a Concept? — Making Up MindsI have been surprised to occasionally see some philosophers on Twitter denying that there is such a thing as non-conceptual experience —…Apr 2, 2021Apr 2, 2021
Gabriel MurrayWhat Should AI Be Doing? — Making Up MindsI recently finished Brian Cantwell Smith’s excellent book The Promise of Artificial Intelligence: Reckoning and Judgment. It’s a bit…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Gabriel MurrayMarshall Davis on Christian and Taoist Non-Duality — Making Up MindsI haven’t been a Christian since I was a teenager. I grew up in a non-denominational protestant family, but my parents were hippies and…Mar 27, 2020Mar 27, 2020
Gabriel MurrayTransformative Experience and Skepticism — Making Up MindsI previously posted about this discussion between Sean Carroll and LA Paul. It’s very fascinating, and is basically about the difficulty…Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
Gabriel MurrayUncertain Preferences, Transformative Experiences, and AI — Making Up MindsI recently finished Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell, and I highly recommend it. A…Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020
Gabriel MurrayAversions to Idealism — Making Up MindsI was reading John Heil’s (fairly brief) discussion of idealism in his philosophy of mind book. It’s an interesting read because he spends…Feb 1, 2020Feb 1, 2020
Gabriel MurrayConsciousness and A.I. — Making Up MindsI am reading Stuart Russell’s new book Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, and highly recommend it. A…Jan 29, 20201Jan 29, 20201
Gabriel MurrayBlogging “Artificial You,” Part IV — Making Up MindsIn Chapter 4 of the book, Schneider discusses possible tests of consciousness for artificial agents. I’ll briefly summarize the tests here…Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
Gabriel MurrayBlogging “Artificial You,” Part III — Making Up MindsChapter 3 of Artificial You has three basic purposes:Dec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019
