Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen discuss the rapid evolution of AI-generated video tools like MidJourney and VEO-3, exploring how probabilistic models simulate reality. Rosner critiques right-wing portrayals of cities as "shitholes," defending urban vibrancy, diversity, and rising property values as signs of desirability—not decay—in cities like New York and London.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore dynamic epistemic logic, modal logic, and neurocognitive models of thought. They examine how knowledge updates affect reality models, the brain’s balancing act between stability and plasticity, and logic systems like Kleene’s and von Neumann’s. The conversation bridges philosophy, neuroscience, and computational reasoning.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner examine default logic, Bayesian inference, and autoepistemic logic in artificial intelligence. They compare default assumptions to scientific experimentation, illustrate Bayesian updates through real-world examples like ID checking, and explore recursive belief models where agents form and revise beliefs about their own reasoning processes.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner discuss nonmonotonic logic—where adding new premises retracts previous conclusions—and its role in AI and cosmology. Rosner connects it to quantum physics and Information Cosmology, proposing the universe as a massive thinking machine, with thoughts unfolding across billions of years like cognitive associations.
Rick Rosner talks about James Comey's cryptic "86 47" tweet sparked backlash, with critics accusing him of inciting violence against Trump. Experts argue the phrase more likely implies political rejection. The controversy echoes past misjudgments by Comey and others, as media attention shifts from substantive issues like Republican tax proposals.
Rick Rosner talks about James Comey's cryptic "86 47" tweet sparked backlash, with critics accusing him of inciting violence against Trump. Experts argue the phrase more likely implies political rejection. The controversy echoes past misjudgments by Comey and others, as media attention shifts from substantive issues like Republican tax proposals.
Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen dissect the contradictions in the manosphere, mocking its clichés—from hypergamy rants to jaw exercises and alpha-male posturing. Rosner shares personal anecdotes, critiques toxic tropes, and offers a grounded take on masculinity, aging, and self-image in an internet-saturated culture obsessed with status and performance.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner discuss whether the universe operates in a purely algorithmic fashion or allows for non-algorithmic, contextual, or indeterminate behavior. They explore quantum mechanics, contextual truth, intuitionist logic, temporal logic, and the foundational role of non-contradiction in shaping reality, arguing for a mostly stable, logic-grounded universe.
Rick Rosner talks about James Comey's cryptic "86 47" tweet sparked backlash, with critics accusing him of inciting violence against Trump. Experts argue the phrase more likely implies political rejection. The controversy echoes past misjudgments by Comey and others, as media attention shifts from substantive issues like Republican tax proposals.
Rick Rosner talks about James Comey's cryptic "86 47" tweet sparked backlash, with critics accusing him of inciting violence against Trump. Experts argue the phrase more likely implies political rejection. The controversy echoes past misjudgments by Comey and others, as media attention shifts from substantive issues like Republican tax proposals.
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