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"What is it like to be a bat?" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published in The Philosophical Review in October 1974, and later in Nagel's Mortal Questions (…

I just thought these quotes were interestingly contemporary, and could complement the article. The article builds a convincing point for itself (at the cost of a huge complexity), …

Epiphenomenalism is a mind–body philosophy marked by the belief that basic physical events (sense organs, neural impulses, and muscle contractions) are causal with respect to menta…

The disasters that may befall us if we fail to narrow this gap are many. [...] Within prosperous countries, such as the United States, there is a distinct and growing threat that i…

Successful groups are diverse. If groups become gratuitously homogeneous there arises a lack of variance in approach. This lack of variance: - Reduces ability to catch errors. Linu…

Netflix is very (in)famous for their culture deck. I could understand they got a little piqued. Assuming you did not read it before the interview, they are looking for: good judgme…

One I forgot is to work with either algorithms or datasets created by other researchers. Once I send an email asking for access to a certain dataset, describing the idea I had for …

High school dropout with AI research cited in Nature. You are going to have a hard road in front of you if you want to seriously make a dent in AI research. ML research is a bit mo…