Tobias Rees
@tobias_rees
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balloonist š | sen AI 2050 fellow @SchmidtFutures | sen visiting fellow @Google | formerly ToftH | formerly @BerggruenInst | views are my own
SFBA.
Joined January 2016
I am incredibly excited to introduce @limn_ai to the world. For the next little while I will focus all my attention on this new project which is focused on AIāāand located at the intersection of philosophical research, art practice, and engineering. Please consider following us
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we should think about scientific discoveries not as factsābut as invitations to think and understand differently. as chance to come up with better questions. a real discovery grows the questions: and increases what is thinkableāand doable. never mistake a discovery for an answer.
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under mechanism, randomness is freedom. but how about quantum ?
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But it makes a difference if I talk about bacteria (or AI) in human terms ā or if we develop new terms that cover humans, bacteria, AI, etc as variants of a general theme. these themes must be discovered, not merely abstracted from humans. otherwise we just have more of the same.
The 'don't anthropomorphize' argument is often making the implicit, unexamined assumption that there is something that's intrinsically anthropomorphic that all humans have and that only humans would have. Things that behave like us will often have similar causal structure!
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the bubble hits back: or how to sacrifice originality on the altar of the mainstream.
Boy do you guys have a lot of thoughts about the @RichardSSutton interview. Iāve been thinking about it myself. I have a better understanding of Suttonās perspective now than I did during the interview itself. So I want to reflect on it a bit. Richard, apologies for any errors
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we have to defend originality. especially in: philosophy, art, and technology. Q: what is the alternative? A: a horror probably not worth living.
mainstream is just another word for mediocre. it is an effort to stay in the already known: more of the same. being average. having no originality.
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mainstream is just another word for mediocre. it is an effort to stay in the already known: more of the same. being average. having no originality.
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And, no, AI canāt write. AI can produce text, good text. but writing is a practice where we humans seeks to establish a continuum between inside (mind, thoughts) and outside (words). Writing is a human specific practice. We should not confuse writing with the production of text.
@vkhosla @OpenAI Look, being creative doesnāt meant to make a video. You know that creativity, at least in tbe arts, stands for cognitive newness and surprise. Can AI help us achieve this? YES. Is Sora 2 optimized for creativity/surprise? NO. It produces things we already know. Letās change it š
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universities, especially in the UK, have gotten in the habit of inviting wealthy people to give named, prestigious lectures: driven by the hope to attract money. but wealth doesnāt equate to either intelligence or interestingness. it can, but often doesnāt.
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Gemini is better ā in tone, in capability, in depth of understanding, in relationality ā, far better, than ChatGPT. And Gemini Deep Think is often just WOW
Made it to no.1 in the App Store. Congrats to the @GeminiApp team for all their hard work, and this is just the start, so much more to come!
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I love freedom. the entrance fee continues to be financial levitation š
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did the Greeks have bodies? ON AI AS PHILOSOPHICAL EVENT (link below)
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what is philosophy? a brief essay on AI as a philosophical event https://t.co/bwl4VfpQX2 via @LinkedIn
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so, what is philosophy? at least one answer, ever since Plato invented the concept of philosophy (in his Apology), is that philosophy consists in the practice of į¼Ī¾ĪµĻĪ¬Ī¶ĪµĪ¹Ī½ (exetazein). most commonly,...
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same experience. I began shifting my research work more towards Gemini deep think ā though I still use Claude opus quite a bit (still best for ancient languages and history of thought).
Few people are aware of how good Gemini Deep Think is. It's at the point where "Should I ask an expert to chew on this or Deep Think?" is often answered with Deep Think. GPT-5 Pro is more "intellectual yet idiot" while Deep Think has better taste. I've been repeating this a
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Despite the stress and less time for oneself, marriage and motherhood are linked to greater female flourishing: 1) More meaning and purpose 2) Greater happiness 3) More physical affection 4) Less loneliness Overall, a more enjoyable life. Full report by @jean_twenge,
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what if ... we're not just users of AI but actually a part of AI's extended cognition? what if AI is a tool that 'tools back' at us?
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