The Who's Who of AI

“Sorry to post about philosophy, but as a panexperientialist who has spent 15 years failing to get that idea to catch on, both (pan)psychism and (pan)vitalism were bad ideas that are seductive because we humans are self-centered and like to think of ourselve…”

“A computer—even a fancy one—isn't alive, and it doesn't have a brain. Instead, it's merely *interesting*—a compelling device that can pretend to be lots of others.”