Np, I appreciate the information.
Thanks for the journal recommendation, I see a few articles which look interesting. I come at this problem from philosophy, namely phenomenology, which I know has gotten some attention from people working on theories of consciousness though maybe not so much in AI research...? That's why I was asking about Dreyfus.
I've only started Negarestani's book, so I don't have much to say about it right now other than its interesting so far.
Activation Layer (perception)
I'll have to read more on how neural nets work, but I don't quite understand how this is analagous to perception. Perceptual experience seems to be a very important part of consciousness (at least from the philosophy I have read), but I don't see much about it in stuff about AI, instead, there is a lot of this:
attempting to digitize the physical processes of neuron activity
There is a minimum tagline threshold you have to meet. The mods (tyrants) keep raising it
We need a c/midposting so the shit jokes can be filtered out
So how many Nazi references did Kanye pack into his new album? From a cursory search it looks like three in the branding alone.
Seeing the "are humanities worthless" discourse on twitter makes my brain bleed
if he gains any traction at all
Lol ok sure
He's running for president? Lol lmao
[Insert Norm Finkelstein on Gooning]
Thinking about a world where Alex Jones is a rogue Hegel scholar who brought the same energy to rants about the weltgeist. His fan base is the same, and he still sells snake oil, but he just gets increasingly into Hegelian esotericism.
Buying this but shaking my head to let people I disapprove of it being on sale
From hog farmer to hog farmer. A true American Hero