As part of CrashCourse's philosophy unit, Hank Green asks, "Is it possible to make true assertions about things that aren't real?" Turns out the answer is pretty complicated.
On nonexistent objects and imaginary worlds
A whole language built from about 120 words
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The thought experiment that says you can't die (from your own perspective)
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Ted Chiang argues an LLM chatbot is as conscious as Microsoft Word
Science fiction author Ted Chiang's case against AI consciousness in The Atlantic runs through how a language model actually works. Feed it "The following is a conversation between Julius Caesar and Genghis… READ THE REST
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