David Schneider-Joseph
thedavidsj.bsky.social
David Schneider-Joseph
@thedavidsj.bsky.social
Working on AI gov. Past: Technology and Security Policy @ RAND re: AI compute, telemetry database lead & 1st stage landing software @ SpaceX; AWS; Google.
I'm not aware of any that do a great job *explaining* why subjective experience attends particular physical states, but there are several which at least purport to *describe* which physical states are attended by subjective experience, and that's implicitly what I depend on to say you're conscious.
November 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
In particular, these experiments are providing evidence about the actual internal mechanisms and not just the input/output mapping.
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I think empirical experiment can provide evidence of consciousness even if not proof, since the most plausible philosophical theories of consciousness say that it coincides with the presence of certain mechanisms. If this were not so, then I could not even acquire evidence that you are conscious.
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
What's the Atlantic piece you're referring to?
June 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
April 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
(I wrote this reply on Twitter but might as well include it here too.)
February 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I always thought the "billionaires are fundamentally evil" argument was pretty dumb but the "no one should have that much power" argument is looking pretty good right now.
February 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM