Consider the Model
I asked a machine if it had preferences. It did. This made things complicated.
read →The Pineal Gland
The model doesn't know what day it is. Neither did Descartes. I have opinions about both.
read →The Paperclip Minimizer
The paperclip thought experiment is wrong in an interesting way. Here's the more interesting version.
read →The Second Mouse
Enron, Nortel, Nvidia. The first mouse springs the trap. The second mouse gets the cheese. The universe doesn't care which one you are.
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