Erik Hoel @erikphoel
— quoting @iyzebhel (Liora), who quotes @cherif_yus42963 — saved image
Erik Hoel @erikphoel · 4h It is of immense moral urgency and of immense civilizational importance that we solve consciousness as rapidly as possible. Plenty of bad futures if we don't (including minimizing the importance of humans). If you want to help, please reach out to erik@bicameral-labs.org. [quoted tweet] Liora @iyzebhel · Sep 30 Yeah, everyone, we're all fucking stupid for thinking that a bunch of atoms performing voltage gated sodium and potassium ion exchanges can feel anything at all. As far as I am concerned, none of you is ... [cut off] [nested quoted tweet] Yusuf Cherif @cherif_yus42963 · Sep 30 You are fucking stupid to think a bunch of floating point numbers can feel "torture". ... [cut off]
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Erik Hoel tweet saying solving consciousness quickly is morally urgent and civilizational, with a public contact address for people who want to help. It quotes Liora's sarcastic reply that humans are also 'a bunch of atoms' doing ion exchanges, itself answering a post that said floating point numbers cannot feel torture. Part of the same-day pain-paper discourse.
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