Jonathan Birch

@birchlse · London, UK · joined 27 Sep 2019

Professor, LSE. Philosophy of science, animal consciousness, animal ethics. Director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience.

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Jonathan Birch@birchlse18 Sep

I just heard someone say "load-bearing" in the wild for the first time. Will be hard to contain this now even if we ground all flights to/from SF. 798 views · 17 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Jonathan Birch@birchlse17 Sep

The inverse dark room problem for free energy minimisation (from my commentary on Anil Seth's biological naturalism). https://t.co/NEso8EDUVr

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Jonathan Birch@birchlse17 Sep

1/3 Conscious AI and Biological Naturalism. A veeery loooong time in the making, but I'm happy to say that the full collection is now out in @BBSJournal 🔥 I deeply thank all commentators - of fifty commentaries! - for their wise, broad, and deep opinions on this critical topic.

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Jonathan Birch@birchlse17 Sep

Reminds me of the story about Schopenhauer owning a series of poodles - all of them called "Atman". 804 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Jonathan Birch@birchlse17 Sep

Replace "chatbots" with "Germans" and "user" with "Great Powers" and you see the issue. 1K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Jonathan Birch@birchlse17 Sep

If you want to know what has everyone at the AI labs spooked, it’s this - the AI rewrote its own instructions. (Read the last line.) https://t.co/ufmaMBa4iN

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Jonathan Birch@birchlse16 Sep

Once we cure ageing, presumably pets could get the same treatment. But that introduces complications. Obviously no one wants their pets to die, but getting a dog hits different when the dog is immortal. 9.8K views · 245 likes · 5 reposts · 48 replies Open on X →

Jonathan Birch@birchlse12 Sep

@birchlse If the entire internet shuts down we are going to have much bigger problems than not knowing how to get to your best friends house. https://t.co/E6e7Du5Jvm

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Jonathan Birch@birchlse12 Sep

@birchlse I was having this conversation this morning about how much I can realistically delink from the internet, because this is real, and it’s going to be a mess. At the very least, people should be thinking seriously about what they have sitting in their email and cloud accou 6.2K views · 107 likes · 15 reposts · 14 replies Open on X →

Jonathan Birch@birchlse12 Sep

@birchlse I’m not convinced that taking those steps will prepare me for what will happen if the internet goes down. At the very least I need to stuff some money under my mattress and install a security system (not connected to the internet of course) to protect it. 3.5K views · 30 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Jonathan Birch@birchlse29 Jul 2024

🦀🐝🧠🤖 How should we make decisions when faced with systems of uncertain sentience? My new book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI is available online for free at https://t.co/e6zdAJ6KYy. Please download it! Just click on PDF to get a https:

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Reposts10.7%1 371 in total

Replies3.6%455 in total

Quotes2.1%270 in total

Bookmarks26.9%3 441 in total

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