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I lost my faith in introspection
And you can too!
Jan 9 • Jack Thompson
Efficient parrots need "understanding"
The intentional stance is a must
Jan 6 • Jack Thompson
Chess pieces, dog smells, and the symbol-grounding problem
A technical analysis
Jan 4 • Jack Thompson
Three limits on understanding language
Gold's Theorem, Doug's Law, and SGP
Dec 31, 2025 • Jack Thompson
Most personal problems will be wisdom problems
We need to find ways of increasing wisdom
Dec 27, 2025 • Jack Thompson
You should offload (some) thinking!
How else do you expect to learn?
Dec 22, 2025 • Jack Thompson
Why I am not (yet) an illusionist
Squaring illusions
Dec 18, 2025 • Jack Thompson
Think unintelligent pain is ok? Try IQ anesthesia today!
Would anybody take my bet?
Dec 13, 2025 • Jack Thompson
How do you think *brains* work?
Is what I want to say to everybody arguing about AI!
Dec 10, 2025 • Jack Thompson
[Taking comments] Why don't you think AI could think?
Sourcing reasons for an upcoming post
Dec 9, 2025 • Jack Thompson
Contra Huemer: I've never seen a quark!
AI could still do science
Dec 7, 2025 • Jack Thompson
Why couldn't LLMs have non-reductive reasoning powers?
Humans got them somehow!
Dec 4, 2025 • Jack Thompson
If AI isn’t “thinking,” neither is your little brother
Think about what we are!
Dec 3, 2025 • Jack Thompson
Free will and marble machines
High-level stuff can cause stuff!
Nov 29, 2025 • Jack Thompson
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Princeton researcher in philosophy of mind, digital sentience, & AI alignment.
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