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A fictional account of an accidental AI creation that generates extremely controversial statements, leading to societal division and paranoia.
32 min read 4,852 words
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Different Worlds
Scott Alexander explores how people can have vastly different experiences of the world and others, even in similar circumstances, due to social bubbles, varying interpretations of social cues, and unconscious influences.
30 min read 4,509 words
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Mysticism and Pattern-Matching
Scott Alexander hypothesizes that mystical experiences, hallucinations, and paranoia might be linked to an overactive pattern-matching faculty in the brain.
13 min read 2,008 words