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Coming from Nothing: A Thought Experiment Novella

Coming from Nothing: A Thought Experiment Novella

A thought experiment novella about identity on the internet and long-distance relationships.

2018

Matthew McKeever

Matthew McKeever

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Using deep-learning to analyse political propaganda

I use a deep learning method to shed new light on Russian anti-Zelensky propaganda.

Dec 22, 2022

Using deep-learning to analyse political propaganda

Dec 22, 2022

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Empiricism, Rationalism, Super Empiricism: Recent Changes In the Concept of Mind

What do machine learning & big data have to teach us about the philosophy of mind?

Nov 4, 2018

Empiricism, Rationalism, Super Empiricism: Recent Changes In the Concept of Mind

Nov 4, 2018

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AI welfare and our factory farming future

Originally written about the TV show Westworld, I think this essay presents a plausible future scenario of disturbing AI-human relations

Feb 22, 2018

Feb 22, 2018

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Don’t talk to people like yourself

I present an argument for listening to diverse viewpoints based on some ideas in the philosophy of language on the nature of conversation.

Aug 1, 2021

Don’t talk to people like yourself

Aug 1, 2021

The future of recreational drugs in the US: history and prediction

The availability of psychoactive drugs varies with time and place. Can we explain why, or predict how this will change in the future?

Oct 30, 2023

The future of recreational drugs in the US: history and prediction

Oct 30, 2023

What China’s ‘interim measures’ can teach us about the future of AI

Much work is being done to make law for language models. I look at what recent Chinese proposals suggest about the future of AI.

Jul 15, 2023

What China’s ‘interim measures’ can teach us about the future of AI

Jul 15, 2023

A searchable, bilingual archive of news about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

The title really says it all

Jul 5, 2023

A searchable, bilingual archive of news about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Jul 5, 2023

Linguistic Hegemony and Large Language Models

Language models do best in English and Chinese. Why, and what follows?

Jul 4, 2023

Linguistic Hegemony and Large Language Models

Jul 4, 2023

Can LLMs help with OSINT or dis|misinformation research?

Many think LLMs like ChatGPT will be bad for our informational environment. Playing with the gpt4 api, I offer a more positive take.

Jun 5, 2023

Can LLMs help with OSINT or dis|misinformation research?

Jun 5, 2023

AI Doom and the nature of prediction

Can it ever be reasonable to predict that superintelligent AI will kill us all?

May 27, 2023

AI Doom and the nature of prediction

May 27, 2023

Matthew McKeever

Matthew McKeever

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Novella "Coming From Nothing" at @zer0books (bitly.com/cfnextract). Academic philosophy at: http://mipmckeever.weebly.com/

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