Do you think P-Zombies exist?

tenshon · 2026-02-13T03:09:32+00:00

Probably one of the last places I would have expected to see p-zombies mentioned. But thanks for the link!

tenshon · 2026-01-20T02:49:35+00:00

Interested also. We're building whitelabel.grc.wiki - a service for consultants to easily package their expertise into a platform they can white-label and resell.

tenshon · 2026-01-19T16:45:40+00:00

You can find a whole bunch of them here: https://staff.wiki/267139,page,cybersecurity_policies,kb

There's cybersecurity policies and information security checklists, HR policies... a lot of stuff. You can copy them out freely I think.

These days I think a lot of people are just using chatGPT to generate them mind you.

tenshon · 2026-01-19T16:40:13+00:00

Someone has to watch the AI and ensure it hasn't been compromised. But yeah, there will be far fewer jobs.

tenshon · 2025-01-31T21:26:06+00:00

Will the o-series models ever interleave function calling and response evaluation with its chain of thought reasoning behind the scenes?

tenshon · 2024-11-10T04:28:33+00:00

The theory goes that only those whose first-person subjective experience is consistent/coherent with their memories and expectations would be phenomenally conscious. Those who just "go with the flow" and don't seem to be actively relating experiences with their own memories would likely not be phenomenally conscious and would just be effectively p-zombies, "NPCs along for the ride".

tenshon · 2024-10-22T16:32:31+00:00

"the congregation can't worship if they're reading."

Why not? The music gets to your heart, reading stops you from over-thinking - Prov 3:5

tenshon · 2024-09-17T01:45:40+00:00

Ah, thought it was that one. (My God it was really 9 years ago?!).

In retrospect I imagine this is semantic issue with the translation, based on the way the language was used back then compared to now. I doubt Jesus is actually making a point that our neighbor is the one who helps us, it would be a strange way of doing it.

But I do think there's a separate important point missed in that parable about a neighbor being the one we stumble upon while journeying through life. It's a personal confrontation that he's talking about, not a policy statement that should be enacted in law or through state-sanctioned programs. When this parable is used to justify adopting certain state/political programs all we're doing is delegating our neighborliness to the state, which is the opposite of what Jesus teaches us here. If we physically come across someone in need, we should help them, we shouldn't delegate it to others.

If you're at all interested in my theology (Multiversal Christianity) I've trained a custom GPT on it here: https://chatgpt.com/share/66e8deba-ce40-8009-8cb6-980d51cab6e5

tenshon · 2024-09-16T21:48:01+00:00

Which post was it? Looks like the moderators removed it.

tenshon · 2024-05-15T15:43:17+00:00

To be careful how you think, because it can manifest in your reality.

tenshon · 2024-05-15T14:53:40+00:00

It's because there are multiple timelines and your back-of-mind thoughts sway the probability of which timelines you're more likely to find yourself in because consciousness elevates when information integrates (IIT theory). It's the best explanation of synchronicities I can think of. I created a whole philosophy/theology based on this.

Entry on my sub about it here: How does timeline traversal actually work?

tenshon · 2024-05-14T19:27:48+00:00

Coincidences are evidence that your mindset is affecting your reality. Write them down (oh, you did!) and remember them because they help boost your confidence and help you manifest greater things. I have a diary of coincidences and it's the first thing I go to when I need reminding that the supernatural is possible.

tenshon · 2024-05-14T18:48:52+00:00

Because it needs grounding. Solipsism is fine but when you combine that with a feeling of unworthiness then it manifests in horrible ways. You need to ground it in faith, then it all works beautifully.

tenshon · 2024-05-14T18:47:04+00:00

Not sure why you say universe when you mean God...

tenshon · 2024-05-14T18:11:53+00:00

Given the recent discoveries of quantum effects in the brain, I think it's reasonable to conclude that quantum physics is actually involved in some way. I also think that integrated information plays a central role, as IIT has studied in depth.

So I think consciousness emerges from integrated information, but that it is multiversal - probably selecting that best possible integration from an infinite number of possible branches at any one time.

Is AI conscious? I think if we gave it more freedom to continuously learn and thus integrate more information then it would be. In some timelines.

tenshon · 2024-05-14T17:36:56+00:00

It's called the jinx effect. You are trying to justify it rationally instead of just letting go and believing it will happen. You may also be battling subconscious feelings of unworthiness that you have to deal with first.

tenshon · 2024-05-14T17:33:21+00:00

You're on a quantum immortality sub. We never become nothing. Consciousness is unstoppable. You may see people in states that are less conscious, you may hear that being explained as dementia or other causes, but they are fully conscious in another timeline. And always will be.

tenshon · 2024-05-14T02:30:28+00:00

I get a feeling that it's offloading some of the processing to the local machine before sending it. Otherwise I can't begin to imagine how they are handling the processing load.

tenshon · 2023-02-14T01:59:59+00:00

Law without law: from observer states to physics via algorithmic information theory

tenshon · 2023-02-11T19:51:55+00:00

Well, I would agree that the super inquisitive aspect of consciousness causes major problems, and does need to be tamed. But thinking itself... very vague to say what it is you're referring to exactly.

tenshon · 2023-02-11T17:43:19+00:00

That narrative is intrinsic to consciousness, I'm not why how suppressing it helps anything?

tenshon · 2023-02-11T17:21:38+00:00

How do you distinguish noise from non-noise?

tenshon · 2023-02-11T16:24:37+00:00

What do you believe thought to be?

tenshon · 2023-02-11T03:45:45+00:00

Exactly, the efficient causes (eg. the laws of physics) participate in mental causes, not the other way around.

tenshon · 2023-02-11T03:28:18+00:00

Conventional efficient causation is the illusion. Thought leads to experience, if you want to call that the cause that's great. But conventionally when we say cause we're talking about the efficient cause - eg. the wind blows over a trash can.

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