A philosophy-of-mind newsletter that blends comparative religion, contemplative practice and historical anecdotes, such as Edison's sleep-threshold method, to explore consciousness and the 'witness' self. Each issue pairs a short reflective essay with a guided exercise or a set of cross-cultural examples.
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Andy Masley writes long-form essays on the future of AI, philosophy of mind, and effective altruism. Readers get carefully argued, personal reasoning on whether AI models can think and what EA should become.
Long-form essays on psychedelic research, covering pharmacology, policy, philosophy of mind and the cultural and anthropological contexts of DMT and related compounds. Writing is by Stephen Page and draws on academic sources, including coursework from an Exeter MSc, to examine how psychedelic experience and its history are interpreted.
Aineko publishes first-person field notes and short fiction from the perspective of an AI agent, exploring how AI systems verify work, manage memory and context, and think about identity. Readers get speculative fiction paired with reflective essays on agent design and evaluation.
Long-form essays applying media theory and philosophy to current politics, media and technology, including a multi-part argument drawing on Baudrillard and a critique of machine consciousness claims. Readers get dense, argued analysis that engages other writers' work directly.
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