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Keith Frankish

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Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα. Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeithFrankish

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · May 12

In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 5h

Sounds like a lyrical plea for the Sage of Königsberg to procure affection for the singer 4, 3, 2, 4

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 6h

They may blessed, but if they don't get a prize what's the point?

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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 9h

Oh no. Sometimes the obituaries just seem to come in like waves. Generations pass, I suppose. The water gets closer.

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 13h

Over the summer I was interviewed by Will Millership and @cccalum.bsky.social for PRISM, a non-profit preparing society for a future with conscious, or seemingly conscious, AI.
Audio + summary: www.prism-global.com/podcast/keit...
Video: youtu.be/9lkMfX4KK9s
PRISM: www.prism-global.com

Keith Frankish: Illusionism and Its Implications for Conscious AI — The Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines

In this episode of the "Exploring Machine Consciousness" podcast, we discuss the theory of illusionism with philosopher Keith Frankish. Frankish challenges the traditional understanding of consciousne...

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 17h

I think AI could, in principle, be ethical and a force for good. It could be used to assist and empower people in ways that are responsive their needs and wishes. But as it's currently owned, developed, employed, and promoted, well, this is spot on.

Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 19h

stop thinking right now

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 1d

These guys literally think like Dr Strangelove www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 2d

It's never a bad time to visit 23 Railway Cuttings!

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 2d

When they were fab www.youtube.com/watch?v=sloa...

The Beatles - Live at Paris 1965 Full Concert HD Remaster

YouTube video by Cristhofer_YT95CQ Stems

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 2d

In the original, yes

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Eric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 3d

New book in draft: AI and Consciousness [link in thread]
This book is a skeptical overview of the literature on AI and consciousness.
Anyone who emails me comments on the entire manuscript will be thanked in print and receive an appreciatively signed hard copy.

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 2d

A Hancock reference always raises the tone!

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 2d

I have to think by myself because no one else has the patience to listen to me.

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 2d

Yes, it is sweet. Like two virgins.

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 2d

Yes! One thing I've learned in my many decades is that good people make something good of religion and bad people make something bad of it. It's what's in our hearts that matters. 🍎

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 2d

The Rutles - John and Yoko - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1t...

The Rutles - John and Yoko

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 3d

She is not a Democrat, nor a Republican, but a representative of something else entirely – a Dolly party, if you will. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Dolly Parton’s politics are hidden in plain sight, whether she admits it or not

There’s not much room for ambiguity in our times, as some Hollywood stars have found out, yet Parton’s philanthropy, which includes her funding of a Covid-19 vaccine, means she gets a free pass. But i...

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 3d

Twitter revolutionised my career.

I learnt a huge amount about causal inference through #EpiTwitter.

And I met many amazing people who I've since had the joy of working with (Eg @epiellie.bsky.social, @epidbydesign.bsky.social, @robertwplatt.bsky.social, @jlrohmann.bsky.social, etc etc)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 3d

Utterly appalling

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 3d

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 3d

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 4d

'Berlin at Night.' (c1860) Described by Degas as the ‘greatest living master’ during his lifetime, Adolph von Menzel is less remembered today outside of Germany than the French painter who admired him; his career deserves far greater appreciation and study than it receives.

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Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 3d

Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...

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Nick Byrd, Ph.D. @byrdnick.com · 3d

Is solipsism measurable?

Seven studies developed a self-report scale of how much one doubts that others exist (beyond one's own mind).

It correlated with loneliness, social disconnection, aggression, and problematic gaming.

doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

#xPhi #psychometrics.#psych

Is there anyone else out there? A measure of psychological solipsism

For centuries philosophers have debated solipsism, the idea that people cannot prove that anything exists outside of their own minds. However, there h…

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Alexa Morcom @alexamorcom.bsky.social · 4d

Evidence-based review of the Tylenol/ paracetamol - autism controversy stirred up by MAGA and their friends - FREE podcast + detailed notes

from evidence-based health/ longevity/ exercise podcaster Peter Attia (not on BSky): share with US friends!! peterattiamd.com/tylenolandau...

#367 - Tylenol, pregnancy, and autism: What recent studies show and how to interpret the data

“Science is not about being right or wrong in an absolute sense. It's really about constantly updating our priors, understanding the probability of something as new evidence becomes emergent.” —Peter ...

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 4d

Thank you!

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 4d

I think you are the only one who did!