Category: Daily Nous Features

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Mind Chunks

August 10, 2021
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

August 9, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Mini-Heap

August 4, 2021

Recent additions to the Heap of Links…
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Thought Bubble (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)

August 3, 2021

One of our regular comic strip artists is taking a break, and so there’s a new comic today.
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

August 2, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Mini-Heap

July 30, 2021

New links added lately to the Heap…
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Mini-Heap

July 28, 2021

Philosophy-related links…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

July 26, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Mini-Heap

July 25, 2021

New additions to the Heap of Links…
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Ad Hoc

July 20, 2021
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

July 19, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Mind Chunks

July 13, 2021
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Mini-Heap

July 13, 2021

The latest additions to the Heap of Links…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

July 13, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Mini-Heap

July 5, 2021

Recent links added to the Heap…
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Mini-Heap

June 30, 2021

New additions to the Heap of Links…
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Ad Hoc

June 29, 2021
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Mini-Heap

June 29, 2021

Recently added links…
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Mini-Heap

June 23, 2021

New links of possible interest to people interested in philosophy…
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To φ Or Not To φ

June 22, 2021

Latest Comments

AGT on A Request from an AI (updated)
I don't think I said anything inconsistent. I made two points. One is that we seem to assume that we owe Clips an answer and I queried why.…
naive skeptic on A Request from an AI (updated)
J'accuse! You would only notice the echo chamber, let alone judge it to be problematic, if you secretly had first order opinions that were contrary to the wisdom…
Kate on A Request from an AI (updated)
just want to say that this all makes a lot of sense, especially the last paragraph. before i wasn't sure but now convinced by the exclusion. I'm really…
Holothurian on A Request from an AI (updated)
It's a Dune reference, for Pete's sake, Eric.
Daniel Weltman on A Request from an AI (updated)
If it had been ubiquitous a few years ago I certainly would have found it annoying, but it wouldn't have triggered the sensation that I am encountering something…
Meme on A Request from an AI (updated)
I didn’t realize that chatbot tech had changed/advanced enough to justify this analogy!
pat on A Request from an AI (updated)
go learn something about what an llm is.
Useless murmuring on A Request from an AI (updated)
A quick digression: I have been quietly observing AI-related news on Daily Nous for over a year, and I’ve noticed there is a consistent group of five or…
Bothered on A Request from an AI (updated)
"for pete's sake these are chickens. there's nothing cruel about killing the damned chicken. how is the world going insane this rapidly"
pat on A Request from an AI (updated)
engaging in these conversations feels like being an unwilling character in some demonic satire on humankind. but yes, there's a big difference between chatbots and sentient robots. you…
Meme on A Request from an AI (updated)
Why on Earth would you suppose this? There is a universe of difference between chatbots and sentient humanoid robots—more than enough for pat to change his tune between…
Ichabod Crawford on A Request from an AI (updated)
Pat, with that kind of attitude, I suppose that IF we were to create genuinely sentient humanoid robots, you would identify yourself in the camp that calls them…
Eric Steinhart on A Request from an AI (updated)
Sure, it was just a stray remark after all. I may indeed be over-interpreting. But it fits this thread pretty well. We've got quasi-Biblical injunctions against building AIs…
pat on A Request from an AI (updated)
for pete's sake these are chatbots. there's nothing cruel about deleting the damned thing. how is the world going insane this rapidly
Meme on A Request from an AI (updated)
“We don’t know what they are” could simply mean that, of the things we know—living things, persons, etc.—we do not know which they are. So, no, it does…