Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
This example brings home the difference between advising and shared planning. If you and someone else are genuinely doing something together, you’ll treat a practical question about what you both should do as a shared responsibility, and aim to form a shared plan for which you’re both responsible. In contrast, if you are advising someone, you will... See more
Joshua Habgood-Coote • Recognise the point of giving advice and you can do it better | Psyche Ideas
Advice and Communication
contemporary societies seem to care about three things: national prosperity, social cohesion and stability, and personal well-being. But the personal attitudes that will lead towards these three ‘goods’ are not eternal: they depend on the nature of the world. So even if those three aspirations are taken for granted, educational values — the traits... See more
Guy Claxton • A life of tests is no preparation for the tests of life | Aeon Essays
Mindfulness Research and conferencing
neuroticism and depression mediated
One might point out that movie characters or videogame NPCs give off a similarly deceiving impression of being conscious, and yet it would surely be extreme to condemn this. However, what makes the illusion particularly worrying in the case of AI companions is that it involves an interaction that is direct, mutual, and persistent: the feigned... See more
The Illusion of Consciousness in AI Companionship — PRISM
From Brainstorming to Bodystorming: Co-Creation Workshop Analysis Using Applied Video Ethnography
Exploring the use of applied video ethnography in a co-creation workshop to understand the design process and behaviors of participants in shaping a financial planning toolkit.
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Do animals experience mental illness?
Modern science shows animals and humans may experience fear-based anxiety in similar ways.
Modern science shows animals and humans may experience fear-based anxiety in similar ways.
Do animals experience mental illness?
Nobody knows how consciousness works – but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science
Tim Baynetheconversation.com
consciousness and conferencing
debate
If consciousness really can arise in a jumble of silicon chips, we run the risk of creating countless AIs — beings, really — that can not only intelligently perform tasks, but develop feelings about their lives.
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Rather than asking if each new AI system is finally the one that has conscious experience, focusing on the more fundamental question of
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