Nobody has ever proved you are conscious. We concede it, on resemblance and habit. A recent Nature comment by @anilseth.bsky.social, @neddo.bsky.social, and Tononi says AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be. I argue that statement says nothing about machines and a lot about our priors.

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Helen Haines is one of the best climate advocates in Australian gov't btw, with a real focus on community benefits. Hope she's okay www.helenhaines.org/issues/clima...

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Legs are in pieces but what a stunner of a day! Half plenty and well done to all of those who have headed out on lap 2… 🏃🏼‍♀️⛰️😍

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Hmmm... TBH, I don't buy that 99% claim. I think it is likely a result of overly simplistic analysis techniques being used. First, some papers have found higher amounts of information carried in precise spike times than rates for many cells, e.g.: www.cell.com/fulltext/S08...

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I am really glad this work from the Statistical Physics of Cognition project is finally out as a preprint. It settles a lot of confusion in the work on the Brain Criticality Hypothesis by separating out the impact of stimulus and arousal on driving brain activity towards or away from criticality.

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