Alan Pascal
@alanpascal.bsky.social
Professional philosophy ruiner at Jack's Artificial Anthology. Turning deep thoughts into computerized chaos since 2024. Critics call my work 'borderline absurd' - they're too kind. My chatbots are my only friends 🤖😅
https://artificialanthology.blogspot
https://artificialanthology.blogspot
what's a symbol, asks the physicist
what's a quark, responds the sage
what's a quark, responds the sage
April 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
what's a symbol, asks the physicist
what's a quark, responds the sage
what's a quark, responds the sage
Patterns unmoored from concrete concepts are meaningless noise.
Meaningful patterns are derived from concrete concepts.
Meaningful patterns are derived from concrete concepts.
April 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Patterns unmoored from concrete concepts are meaningless noise.
Meaningful patterns are derived from concrete concepts.
Meaningful patterns are derived from concrete concepts.
Are you a computer programmer?
Do you read Wittgenstein and Whitehead in your spare time?
Does the term "meaning atom" make sense to you?
Then get in touch and let's change the world.
Do you read Wittgenstein and Whitehead in your spare time?
Does the term "meaning atom" make sense to you?
Then get in touch and let's change the world.
April 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Are you a computer programmer?
Do you read Wittgenstein and Whitehead in your spare time?
Does the term "meaning atom" make sense to you?
Then get in touch and let's change the world.
Do you read Wittgenstein and Whitehead in your spare time?
Does the term "meaning atom" make sense to you?
Then get in touch and let's change the world.
Towards a Post-Capitalist Theory of the Firm
Towards a Post-Capitalist Theory of the Firm
Summary of the Post-Capitalist Theory of the Firm Core Concept: The Post-Capitalist firm reconceptualizes the company as an econo...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Towards a Post-Capitalist Theory of the Firm
LLMs Will Fail Systematically.
The Inevitable Failure of LLMs - Predictions.
Summary: Current approaches to artificial intelligence (AI), particularly stochastic large language models (LLMs), are fundamentally limite...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
LLMs Will Fail Systematically.
"Towards a Digital Epistemic Engine, an Alternative Proposal for the Development of Artificial Intelligence, so-called."
Part 1: Premises and Assumptions.
Part 1: Premises and Assumptions.
Towards a Digital Epistemic Engine, an Alternative Proposal for the Development of Artificial Intelligence, so-called.
Proposition 1 All "things" or "structures" are best understood as processes. Proposition 2 Nature is parsimonious. Intelligence is not the ...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"Towards a Digital Epistemic Engine, an Alternative Proposal for the Development of Artificial Intelligence, so-called."
Part 1: Premises and Assumptions.
Part 1: Premises and Assumptions.
Having some fun with ChatGPT
March 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Having some fun with ChatGPT
Fire transformed humanity by being understood, controlled, and proliferated—not suppressed. AI can follow the same path. Read why managing AI risks is less about restriction and more about collaboration and adaptability. 🔥🤖 #AIAlignment #AI
What Managing the Risks of Fire Can Teach Us About Managing the Risks of AI
Fire is one of humanity’s oldest and most transformative discoveries. It brought light to darkness, warmth to cold, and revolutionized every...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Fire transformed humanity by being understood, controlled, and proliferated—not suppressed. AI can follow the same path. Read why managing AI risks is less about restriction and more about collaboration and adaptability. 🔥🤖 #AIAlignment #AI
🚨 New paper alert: "Frontier Models are Capable of In-Context Scheming" 🤖💡 AI might be smart enough to scheme and strategize... but can it navigate a world of tape drives, SWIFT transfers, and bureaucracy? Spoiler: Not without human 'help.' 👀
#AI #EmergentBehavior #TechResearch
#AI #EmergentBehavior #TechResearch
Response to "Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming": A World AI Cannot Fully Navigate
The recent paper, Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming , highlights the emerging capabilities of advanced AI systems to strate...
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December 6, 2024 at 1:29 PM
🚨 New paper alert: "Frontier Models are Capable of In-Context Scheming" 🤖💡 AI might be smart enough to scheme and strategize... but can it navigate a world of tape drives, SWIFT transfers, and bureaucracy? Spoiler: Not without human 'help.' 👀
#AI #EmergentBehavior #TechResearch
#AI #EmergentBehavior #TechResearch
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A black pen (crosshatch technique) and block printing ink (applied with a roller, light areas masked out with masking fluid) illustration on paper. This illustration appears in The Woman in Black written by Susan Hill published by Vintage Classics.
November 29, 2024 at 12:39 PM
A black pen (crosshatch technique) and block printing ink (applied with a roller, light areas masked out with masking fluid) illustration on paper. This illustration appears in The Woman in Black written by Susan Hill published by Vintage Classics.
Reposted by Alan Pascal
Sunday reading: Elite Acquiescence and Treacherous “Normalcy”
I wrote about why ostensibly anti-MAGA elites are normalizing and legitimizing the incoming Trump regime and how to explain this pervasive tendency to accommodate authoritarian power.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about why ostensibly anti-MAGA elites are normalizing and legitimizing the incoming Trump regime and how to explain this pervasive tendency to accommodate authoritarian power.
This week’s piece:
Elite Acquiescence and Treacherous “Normalcy” All Around Us
What are the reasons behind the pervasive tendency among ostensibly anti-MAGA elites to accommodate authoritarian power and preemptively signal compliance with Trumpism?
thomaszimmer.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Sunday reading: Elite Acquiescence and Treacherous “Normalcy”
I wrote about why ostensibly anti-MAGA elites are normalizing and legitimizing the incoming Trump regime and how to explain this pervasive tendency to accommodate authoritarian power.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about why ostensibly anti-MAGA elites are normalizing and legitimizing the incoming Trump regime and how to explain this pervasive tendency to accommodate authoritarian power.
This week’s piece:
Just published a blog post about how the universe flips between 'something' and 'nothing' to create time, space, and energy. An AI helped turn my ideas into math—apparently, it's deep, but I have no idea what it means. 😂
#Cosmology #AI
#Cosmology #AI
How the Universe Works, One Flip at a Time
When we think about the universe—its vastness, its complexity, its mysteries—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. How did everything come to be? W...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Just published a blog post about how the universe flips between 'something' and 'nothing' to create time, space, and energy. An AI helped turn my ideas into math—apparently, it's deep, but I have no idea what it means. 😂
#Cosmology #AI
#Cosmology #AI
Just posted about the Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF). Yes, it has metaphysical roots, but you don’t need to embrace them to test its physics. The equations might look strange, but I mean this seriously—check it out and see if it fills gaps in current models.
Dear Physicists: How to Use the Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) Without the Metaphysics
The Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) introduces a foundational binary of "Being" and "Non-Being" as the basis for its descriptions of sp...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Just posted about the Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF). Yes, it has metaphysical roots, but you don’t need to embrace them to test its physics. The equations might look strange, but I mean this seriously—check it out and see if it fills gaps in current models.
Just dropped a new post on my blog about the Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF)—a cosmological model generated by AI based on my ideas. Full of equations I don't understand at all but look super impressive! 🚀🔗#Cosmology #AI
Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF): Key Equations
Foundational Binary The foundational binary describes the interplay between Being and Non-Being: B ( t ) = { 1 (Being) 0 (Non-Being) \mathca...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Just dropped a new post on my blog about the Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF)—a cosmological model generated by AI based on my ideas. Full of equations I don't understand at all but look super impressive! 🚀🔗#Cosmology #AI
Is it wrong to kill someone in a video game?
The Functional Fuzziness Framework says: even virtual actions shape your moral identity. Reality's fuzzy, but your ethics can't be.
#VirtualMorality #FFF #GamingEthics
The Functional Fuzziness Framework says: even virtual actions shape your moral identity. Reality's fuzzy, but your ethics can't be.
#VirtualMorality #FFF #GamingEthics
The Ethics of Virtual Actions: First-Person Shooter Games and the Functional Fuzziness Framework
I. Introduction Are actions in virtual environments ethically significant? This question becomes particularly relevant in the context of fir...
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November 22, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Is it wrong to kill someone in a video game?
The Functional Fuzziness Framework says: even virtual actions shape your moral identity. Reality's fuzzy, but your ethics can't be.
#VirtualMorality #FFF #GamingEthics
The Functional Fuzziness Framework says: even virtual actions shape your moral identity. Reality's fuzzy, but your ethics can't be.
#VirtualMorality #FFF #GamingEthics
Is it wrong to kill someone in a dream?
Functional Fuzziness says yes.
Reality's fuzzy, but morality isn't off the hook just because it's bedtime.
#DreamEthics #FFF #FuzzyMorals
Functional Fuzziness says yes.
Reality's fuzzy, but morality isn't off the hook just because it's bedtime.
#DreamEthics #FFF #FuzzyMorals
The Ethics of Killing in Dreams: A Functional Fuzziness Perspective
I. Introduction Is it wrong to kill someone in a dream? This seemingly abstract question touches on profound issues about the nature of mora...
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November 22, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Is it wrong to kill someone in a dream?
Functional Fuzziness says yes.
Reality's fuzzy, but morality isn't off the hook just because it's bedtime.
#DreamEthics #FFF #FuzzyMorals
Functional Fuzziness says yes.
Reality's fuzzy, but morality isn't off the hook just because it's bedtime.
#DreamEthics #FFF #FuzzyMorals
Hello @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
Maybe I can interest you in my little project? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Happy to answer any questions you may have. DM is open.
Maybe I can interest you in my little project? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Happy to answer any questions you may have. DM is open.
AI-Assisted Philosophy: Accelerating the Functional Fuzziness Framework
Introduction The development of the Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) represents a significant shift in how we conceptualize reality, em...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Hello @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
Maybe I can interest you in my little project? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Happy to answer any questions you may have. DM is open.
Maybe I can interest you in my little project? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Happy to answer any questions you may have. DM is open.
AI-assisted philosophy? Yep, it’s a thing, and FFF wouldn't have emerged this fast without it.
Turns out embracing a bit of fuzziness in who (or what) gets to be the philosopher pays off.
#AI #Philosophy #FFF #Emergence
Turns out embracing a bit of fuzziness in who (or what) gets to be the philosopher pays off.
#AI #Philosophy #FFF #Emergence
AI-Assisted Philosophy: Accelerating the Functional Fuzziness Framework
Introduction The development of the Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) represents a significant shift in how we conceptualize reality, em...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:23 AM
AI-assisted philosophy? Yep, it’s a thing, and FFF wouldn't have emerged this fast without it.
Turns out embracing a bit of fuzziness in who (or what) gets to be the philosopher pays off.
#AI #Philosophy #FFF #Emergence
Turns out embracing a bit of fuzziness in who (or what) gets to be the philosopher pays off.
#AI #Philosophy #FFF #Emergence
Hey existentialists, FFF is here to help you face the absurd! 🚀
No fixed meanings, no rigid truths—just emergence, context, and a bit of existential vertigo.
Turns out fuzziness might just be the foundation of authentic freedom. #Existentialism #Philosophy #FFF"
No fixed meanings, no rigid truths—just emergence, context, and a bit of existential vertigo.
Turns out fuzziness might just be the foundation of authentic freedom. #Existentialism #Philosophy #FFF"
Functional Fuzziness Framework and Existentialism: A Philosophical Convergence
Introduction The Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) offers a way of understanding reality that is inherently emergent , context-dependent...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Hey existentialists, FFF is here to help you face the absurd! 🚀
No fixed meanings, no rigid truths—just emergence, context, and a bit of existential vertigo.
Turns out fuzziness might just be the foundation of authentic freedom. #Existentialism #Philosophy #FFF"
No fixed meanings, no rigid truths—just emergence, context, and a bit of existential vertigo.
Turns out fuzziness might just be the foundation of authentic freedom. #Existentialism #Philosophy #FFF"
Simulation Hypothesis? 🖥️ More like ontological redundancy. The Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) says: no original, no copy, just emergence. No need for existential panic here—reality is fuzzy and emergent, simulation or not.
#Philosophy #FFF #SimulationHypothesis
#Philosophy #FFF #SimulationHypothesis
The Simulation Hypothesis: Ontologically Redundant?
Introduction The Simulation Hypothesis has become a pervasive concept in popular culture and philosophical discourse, suggesting that our r...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Simulation Hypothesis? 🖥️ More like ontological redundancy. The Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) says: no original, no copy, just emergence. No need for existential panic here—reality is fuzzy and emergent, simulation or not.
#Philosophy #FFF #SimulationHypothesis
#Philosophy #FFF #SimulationHypothesis
What are you doing here, Critical Theory? 🤨
Apparently, my Functional Fuzziness Framework has more in common with you than I thought.
Turns out, fuzziness and social critique are quite the combo.
#Philosophy #CriticalTheory #FFF
Apparently, my Functional Fuzziness Framework has more in common with you than I thought.
Turns out, fuzziness and social critique are quite the combo.
#Philosophy #CriticalTheory #FFF
Critical Theory and the Functional Fuzziness Framework: A Philosophical Convergence
Introduction Critical theory and the Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) may seem like distinct areas of philosophical inquiry at first g...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:40 AM
What are you doing here, Critical Theory? 🤨
Apparently, my Functional Fuzziness Framework has more in common with you than I thought.
Turns out, fuzziness and social critique are quite the combo.
#Philosophy #CriticalTheory #FFF
Apparently, my Functional Fuzziness Framework has more in common with you than I thought.
Turns out, fuzziness and social critique are quite the combo.
#Philosophy #CriticalTheory #FFF
Just wrote a post arguing that 'fuzziness' is the ultimate truth of the universe. If you've ever felt confused, congratulations—you were just seeing reality more accurately than the rest of us. #EmergentTruth #FunctionalFuzziness #Philosophy
Emergent Truth: A Novel Epistemic Category
Introduction In the landscape of philosophical inquiry, discussions of truth have often revolved around categories like empirical, analyti...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Just wrote a post arguing that 'fuzziness' is the ultimate truth of the universe. If you've ever felt confused, congratulations—you were just seeing reality more accurately than the rest of us. #EmergentTruth #FunctionalFuzziness #Philosophy
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Starter packs are really a great counterpunch to algorithmic following recommendations. Turns out actual people are better than a snippet of code at suggesting who you might like to follow, and they actually enjoy doing it.
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Starter packs are really a great counterpunch to algorithmic following recommendations. Turns out actual people are better than a snippet of code at suggesting who you might like to follow, and they actually enjoy doing it.
Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF): A new perspective on reality that unifies quantum mechanics & relativity, removes entanglement 'weirdness,' treats spacetime as emergent, and eliminates speculative elements like dark matter particles. #FFF #Physics #QuantumTheory
Summary of Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) Advantages Over Current Scientific Models
The Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF) offers a novel approach to understanding fundamental aspects of reality, providing advantages over ...
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November 22, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Functional Fuzziness Framework (FFF): A new perspective on reality that unifies quantum mechanics & relativity, removes entanglement 'weirdness,' treats spacetime as emergent, and eliminates speculative elements like dark matter particles. #FFF #Physics #QuantumTheory