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Andy Masley#1744
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The question is not whether machines can think, but whether people can.
https://www.slowboring.com/p/nobody-knows-what-theyre-talking
9:04 AM · Jun 9, 2026 · 15K Views
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I intended studying philosophy to be professionally irrelevant, but thanks to progress in AI everyone is now doing half-assed philosophy of mind takes.
https://www.slowboring.com/p/nobody-knows-what-theyre-talking
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Namosilnio@namosilnio31361
@mattyglesias "It’s true that from a certain perspective, it is all just electrons moving around, but so are you" This is a beginners mistake. Electrons are a conjecture based concept from our sensory input not other way around. Color is more empirically true than light,
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Voice of Yogi Berra AM/FM/HD/AGI/PhD@RLangford18
@mattyglesias Machines can help people think better. People can make machines that help people think better. Machines can make machines that help people think together. People+Machines makes people and machines think better.
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Namosilnio@namosilnio31361
@mattyglesias Frankly after reading I think more than philosophy of mind, philosophy of physics would be more useful to avoid these pitfalls. Hard science is not hard as most people discussing this think .
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Namosilnio@namosilnio31361
@mattyglesias , even if there is correlation between frequency and color .
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