The Splintered Mind

Biological naturalists (e.g., Godfrey-Smith , Block , Searle , Seth ) suggest that computers aren't made of the right kind of stuff to ...

... but collectively, we haven't yet figured out how. Yet! Helen De Cruz and the 2+1 Experiment The inspired advocacy of the...

Liberals about AI consciousness hold that we might soon (if we haven't already) create genuinely conscious AI systems. Conservatives ...

Given the surge of interest in AI consciousness, the issue of "substrate independence" or "substrate flexibility" is now...

Part Two of a two-part series by Grace Helton (guest blogger) [Joan Miro, The Garden, 1925; image source ] In the first part of this 2-...

Part One of a two-part series by  Grace Helton  (guest blogger) [Paul Klee, Angel Applicant, 1939; source ] Some people have come to interac...

Human beings matter morally. We have moral standing. Our interests deserve consideration -- for our own sakes, and not just as means to ends...

Way back in April 2006, I launched The Splintered Mind. Happy 20th birthday, blog of mine! In 2006, academic blogs were cool. After t...

I offer for your consideration the following ethical motto: Do your thing. I admit: This motto doesn't sound very ethical. What if...