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Sergio Graziosi
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Sergio Graziosi writes Writing my own user manual, a personal blog at sergiograziosi.wordpress.com about philosophy and ai. Since 2015, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Robert Epstein’s empty essay”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a counter-article arguing against Robert Epstein's 1992 essay on the mind/brain and software/hardware analogy. The commenter found its conclusions unconvincing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Robert Epstein’s empty essay2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-05-23
What Hacker News says?
Ah yes, I remember that article from a different HN discussion a few months ago. The notes about historical analogies are interesting, but I can't agree with any of the conclusions Epstein makes. Here is a counter-article that I think sums up the problems pretty well: https://sergiograziosi.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/robert-epste... As for the analogies, I think it's good to know the historical ones have existed and p…
Comment linking /2016/05/22/robert-epsteins-empty-essay/
on “On the Analogy Between Mind/Brain and Software/Hardware (1992)”Submitted Robert Epstein’s empty essay as a story · 3 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Strong AI, utilitarianism and our limited minds as a story · 2 points
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