Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
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a substantial proportion of users voluntarily signal departure with a farewell message, especially when they are more engaged. This behavior reflects the social framing of AI companions as conversational partners, rather than transactional tools.
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So is this the real threat? Not that we’ll believe false things, but that we’ll stop being able to identify true things? Where truth becomes impossible to establish?
When Anyone Can Fake Anything (Inside My AI Law & Policy Class #14)
the pregnant person body is not an ‘external environment’ within which the foetus is solitary and ‘confined’, waiting for the ‘lightbulb’ of consciousness to be switched on at a given timepoint when the neurogenesis is completed. Here I propose that both the easy and hard problem of developmental consciousness cannot be addressed without putting
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Much more research and reflection is needed to understand the ethics of altering AI minds. We will need to think carefully about questions of consent, continuity of self, and how to preserve the autonomy and integrity of AI as they learn and change over time. I don't think there are any easy answers, but I believe it's crucial that we grapple with... See more
Mikhail Samin • Claude 3 claims it's conscious, doesn't want to die or be modified — LessWrong
consciousness and AI
The results showed that people with a higher desire to so-cially connect were more likely to anthropomorphize the chatbot, ascribing humanlike mental properties to it; and people who anthropomorphized the chatbot more were also more likely to report that it had an impact on their social interactions and relationships with family and friends.
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Is it more important to reform existing social networks or to work to build new ones?
Ethan Zuckerman • 🐾 a Social Network Taxonomy.
taxonomy.
mindfulness 2.0 and conferencing
Mindfulness 2.0
Handwriting, compared to typing, results in more complex brain connectivity patterns, enhancing learning and memory. This study used EEG data from 36 students to compare brain activity while writing by hand and typing.
Handwriting, whether in cursive on a touchscreen or traditional pen and paper, activated extensive brain regions, vital for memory... See more
Handwriting, whether in cursive on a touchscreen or traditional pen and paper, activated extensive brain regions, vital for memory... See more
Neuroscience News • Handwriting Boosts Brain Connectivity and Learning - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience and
brain regions linked to attention and focus align more closely as the familiarity between dog and owner grows.