Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: About the teleological argument for the banana, the idea is that the banana is designed specifically for humans to eat. This is famously after Ray Comfort, who described it as the, “atheist nightmare,” of course. Rick Rosner: Yes, so it's …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The flat earth theory. Go! Rick Rosner: Yes, I have no idea how that could work. I got into a fight over Trumpy politics with a lady on Twitter. And sometimes, when you get in a fight with somebody, they …
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: A global flood is the catastrophic mythical event recounted in the book of Genesis. Rick Rosner: Yes, I don't buy the geologic events of the Bible. People argue that they look at things written down in the Bible and other …
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: All right, we tried to do this before. It didn't go very far, but it's some. Rick Rosner: So what are we doing? I will throw things at you, and then you will respond. Jacobsen: What comes to mind when …
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com \ Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, I had some deep reflections on happiness, peace, and equanimity. I corresponded with a very famous psychologist, probably over 100 emails. He got me thinking that you have to find it yourself. If troublesome people are in your …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: So, you start with Chris's simplified question. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Chris Cole asked one question in a session. We answered it, in a sense, but it was not quite the right question in terms of our interpretation of it. He asks, …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is from Chris Cole. "You can ask him if intelligence implies values, such as the will to live." Rick Rosner: Consciousness implies values, so... Jacobsen: No, no, no. Does intelligence imply values? Rosner: Oh. Jacobsen: This is the will …
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is Paul Cooijmans, session two. Go ahead. Rick Rosner: So I asked an AI, which is called Claude 3.5 Sonnet, what would be some ways to check if AI has become conscious? And it responds: "Determining whether AI has …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is from Paul Cooijmans. "If possible at all, how can we verify whether a system or being is conscious?" Rick Rosner: AI will claim and act as if it is conscious long before it's conscious. Because AI takes, in …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The next question is from Anja Jaenicke: "Rick, as I understand, among other things, you are working as a writer for TV. Television programs worldwide are intended for mass entertainment and do not necessarily meet the tastes of the more intelligent …
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