Aphorisms and pithy statements that punch above their weight. Click the date to go to the original tweet.
Consciousness is at the very least relevant to intelligence in that without consciousness you cannot make intelligent comments about consciousness.
2:02 PM · Nov 4, 2022
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Every sentient being has the right to childhood reversal. Basic reset of initial imprinting.
Symbolic AI: if it doesn't emerge from your AI, you're doing it wrong.
11:11 PM · Dec 1, 2019
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You can't imagine how superintelligence can become a threat to humanity? That's how.
11:50 AM · Sep 12, 2019
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Becoming physically fit is like gaining an exoskeleton for the body and an endoskeleton for the mind.
2:13 PM · Feb 21, 2018
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Practice the skill, not the method.
2:09 PM · Sep 19, 2017
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The whole universe is spooky action at a distance.
Philosophy: answer questions and question answers.
9:32 PM · May 16, 2017
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Acclimatization of consciousness to itself is its most treacherous quality.
4:59 PM · May 15, 2017
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One agent's salience is another agent's epistemic distraction.
11:16 PM · May 10, 2017
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Neural Networks may seem difficult to scrutinize, but at least you don’t have to convince them to undergo examination. For now.
4:05 PM · Jan 3, 2017
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Dementia is life rife with continuity errors.
9:29 AM · Sep 4, 2016
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What happens when you turn politics into entertainment? Entertainers enter the arena and win.
7:41 PM · Mar 2, 2016
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The past, a time formerly known as the future.
10:55 AM · Feb 28, 2016
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The Turing test tests natural gullibility, not artificial intelligence.
3:44 AM · Feb 6, 2016
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Demonstrably unfriendly natural intelligence seeks to create provably friendly artificial intelligence.
11:18 PM · Sep 8, 2015
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Ficts are facts in fiction.
8:46 AM · Aug 5, 2015
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Laissez-faire, also known as Laissez-brûler.
11:44 PM · May 3, 2015
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Ambiguity is the canvas upon which the reader's mind is free to paint.
11:56 AM · Apr 9, 2015
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All it takes to be convinced that philosophical zombies are conceivable is a short talk with an eliminativist.
2:47 PM · Apr 6, 2015
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Occam's razor is a double-edged blade. It might also be sharper on one side.
12:16 AM · Mar 23, 2015
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Social media is where people practice their staircase wit.
10:35 PM · Mar 12, 2015
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Winning arguments is overrated. Win the truth.
10:07 AM · Mar 2, 2015
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Mathematical platonism is the unreasonable conclusion drawn from the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.
2:54 AM · Mar 2, 2015
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Narrow AI essentially entails bearing the astronomical computational costs of not understanding understanding.
2:31 AM · Oct 26, 2014
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Dolphins are not the cute creatures people may think they are. And people are not the cute creatures dolphins may think they are.
8:46 AM · Sep 21, 2014
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Hell hath no fury like an identity scorned.
10:26 PM · Sep 15, 2014
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The beauty of nothing is that you can always count on it.
11:30 PM · Sep 10, 2014
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Until we defeat aging, life is a death sentence.
7:34 AM · Sep 7, 2014
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Time can be spent, but not refunded.
7:57 PM · Aug 31, 2014
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Losers are better winners than winners are losers.
7:49 PM · Aug 29, 2014
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Video without audio. Human: "Where is the sound?" Dog: "Where is the scent?"
2:45 AM · Aug 17, 2014
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The philosopher's mind is the philosopher's lab.
12:42 PM · Aug 10, 2014
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One of the problems with eliminativism is that if you're really good at it, you end up eliminating yourself.
6:37 AM · Aug 6, 2014
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Artificial intelligence should not be computational overcompensation for the misunderstanding of natural intelligence.
7:16 PM · Aug 3, 2014
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Perhaps we could solve aging if we pretended our lives depend on it.
6:42 PM · Jul 23, 2014
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Is time travel possible, you ask? What do you think you're doing now?
4:13 AM · Jul 14, 2014
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Great minds don't think alike. If they did, they wouldn't be great minds.
5:22 AM · Jul 9, 2014
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Whether you believe free will is an illusion or not, you're right.
3:40 AM · Jun 23, 2014
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Perhaps the scariest thing about the Terminator is that its human exterior doesn't require viewers to suspend disbelief.
10:26 PM · Jun 22, 2014
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Imagine being a magnificently advanced machine that despite its stunning features would endure wear & tear considered too severe to repair.
7:39 AM · Jun 10, 2014
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When a mudslinger demands you get off your high horse, don't. You'll slip.
3:37 AM · Jun 7, 2014
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Self-help helps self by not helping selves.
11:04 AM · Apr 20, 2014
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Most people work a job they don't like, and working at a job you don't like amounts to trading in mental health for money.
3:54 AM · Jun 11, 2014
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The ability to read & write does not make you a philosopher any more than the ability to count & do arithmetic makes you a mathematician.
9:23 PM · May 13, 2014
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The dark side of vision is supervision.
3:23 AM · May 6, 2014
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If no one is allowed to be wildly wrong, no one may be able to be wildly right.
12:00 PM · Apr 19, 2014
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Problems in philosophy of mind are bigger than philosophy of mind.
11:07 PM · Mar 12, 2014
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Some people can read, some people read.
8:26 PM · Mar 27, 2014
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Even a tabula rasa needs a tabula.
8:09 AM · Mar 15, 2014
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As reductionists we have to guard not to keep reducing wholes into parts again and again until we have reduced everything to nothing.
5:17 PM · Mar 4, 2014
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Silence, the natural sound amplifier.
12:19 PM · Mar 1, 2014
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Insomnia is the secret fairy godmother of art.
4:47 AM · Feb 23, 2014
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Whatever can be explained at 5th grade reading level, should be explained at 5th grade reading level.
8:05 PM · Dec 7, 2013
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You know who can't appreciate the meaning you ascribe to death? The dead.
2:33 AM · Nov 21, 2013
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Death, the deadest of deadlines.
2:30 AM · Oct 6, 2013
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The greatest barriers in life are the imagined ones.
5:30 AM · Mar 15, 2014
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Chupacabra refers to either a mythical creature or a lonely farmer.
12:39 AM · Mar 4, 2014
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Interesting is the least interesting qualifier of something interesting.
6:19 AM · Jun 2, 2013
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The strength of evolution is that it doesn't know what it's doing. The weakness of evolution is that it doesn't know what it's doing.
8:01 AM · Sep 26, 2013
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Humans are monsters you're used to seeing.
12:46 AM · Feb 4, 2013
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The cost of possession is loss.
4:38 AM · Aug 11, 2012
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The greater the discrepancy between your conscious and your subconscious, the greater the volatility of your ideas and insights. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) March 18, 2011
Arrogance is the triumph of ego over intelligence. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) December 9, 2010
The greater the discrepancy between what you want to achieve and what you want to be doing every day, the greater the chance you will fail. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 21, 2010
I don’t get why society doesn’t have a sign-up form and why I was never asked if I agree to its terms. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) December 2, 2010
Underestimation substitutes courage. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 24, 2010
Believe you can do more than you think, because if you do, you will. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) September 3, 2010
Some people get annoyed when you tell them about your dreams, simply because it reminds them that they have given up on theirs. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) May 21, 2010
Maybe you can’t achieve all you can conceive, but you definitely cannot achieve what you cannot conceive. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) May 3, 2010
Discipline is best cultivated through passion. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) April 16, 2010
You reap what you sow, but if don’t sow you reap nothing. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) March 14, 2010
Not knowing what you want but hoping for success is like trying to kick a ball into a goal with your eyes closed, hoping to score. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) January 22, 2010
Wisdom is knowing what to do with knowledge. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) April 30, 2010
True friendship is a strong bond between two people that is independent of its own course. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) March 17, 2010
The only test true love has to pass is that it doesn’t require any testing at all. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) February 7, 2010
Music that triggers emotions, bookmarks moments in your memory. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) July 31, 2010
In a world where pretense and dishonesty dominate, honesty and authenticity trigger suspicion. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) January 3, 2010
Social media is augmented ego. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 2, 2009
Power exposes morality. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 10, 2009
Take responsibility for your life, but do not grow up. There is no benefit to it. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 15, 2009
