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The Five-Tier Hierarchical Parliament
Blueprint For A Bottom-up “One-World Government”IntroductionThis essay is a thought experiment in political theory. From reading Plato’s Republic in high school to closely following both local US...
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The Emotional Lives of RL Agents
IntroductionWhen psychologists discuss mental content, they typically divide it into two broad categories: thoughts (cognition) and emotions (affect). The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has...
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Large Language Models Don’t “Hallucinate”
Using this term attributes properties to the LLMs they don’t have while also ignoring the real dynamics behind the production of their made-up informationImage generated by Stable DiffusionYou hear it...
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MAOIs, SSRIs, and Psychedelics
Three mechanisms of action for antidepressant drugsMillions of people in the world suffer from depression and anxiety of various causes and manifestations [1]. Since the mid-20th century, biological...
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How do psychedelics affect the brain?
A primer on the REBUS/CANAL theoryIn recent years there has been a renaissance of research into the use of psychedelics for the treatment of a wide array of psychopathologies. Mental health concerns as...
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Maitreya Buddha, the Artificial General Intelligence
Preface: The following is an exercise in imagining a positive vision for artificial intelligence systems over the next years to decades. As a practicing Buddhist, this vision is unsurprisingly one...
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On The Promise and Paradox of Non-Psychedelic Psychedelics
Psychedelic therapy is emerging as a promising new treatment for depression, anxiety, addition, and other mental health issues [1]. Many proponents are even envisioning a world in which psychedelic...
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AI Accelerationism is a Humanism
Imagining a Future Without ComputersThe previous hundred years might be framed as the century of the computer. What began as a special-purpose military device has become a ubiquitous part of the lives...
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A Gentle Introduction to the Free Energy Principle
What does it mean to be alive? The Free Energy Principle (FEP) is one of the more elegant theories to attempt an answer to this question. Developed by Karl Friston and others from the mid-2000s onward,...
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A Phenomenological Report on the Novel Non-Hallucinogenic Psychedelic...
There is growing interest in the possibility of non-hallucinogenic psychedelics. The promise of such substances is to retain the psychoplastogenic effects of classic psychedelics while removing the...
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