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Denyse O'Leary
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June 18, 2026
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Panpsychism, Plant Mind, Politics
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Consciousness in Plants Rebrands an Exploded Materialism

It’s not so much that consciousness in plants is being demonstrated as that what consciousness means is changing so as to include plants
Denyse O'Leary
June 18, 2026
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Panpsychism, Plant Mind, Politics

Instead of being expected to believe that human consciousness is an illusion, we may believe it exists — along with the cabbage mind and the electron mind.

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Georgios Mappouras
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June 15, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Horizontal Innovation Requires More Than Novel Outputs

Current AI systems excel at producing output novelty, but I do not believe they demonstrate algorithmic novelty
Georgios Mappouras
June 15, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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LLM, AI Large Language Model concept. Businessman use tablet and laptop with LLM icons. A language model distinguished by its general-purpose language generation capability. Chat AI.
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Gary Smith
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June 15, 2026
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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Speculation in Large Language Models: The Worst Sort of Business

Speculators buy an asset because they expect the price to keep rising, not because they want the income generated by the asset
Gary Smith
June 15, 2026
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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 14, 2026
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Human exceptionalism, Philosophy of Mind
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Future? There Is No Human Future, Dude… and That’s Good!

A look at the other face of the claims that we are approaching an AI singularity
Denyse O'Leary
June 14, 2026
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Human exceptionalism, Philosophy of Mind
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 12, 2026
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Philosophy of Mind
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Why Do Smart People Think Their Minds Are an Illusion?

A belief that makes no sense is a cornerstone of much neuroscience and philosophy of mind
Denyse O'Leary
June 12, 2026
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Philosophy of Mind
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 10, 2026
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Philosophy of Mind, Physics
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Can We Talk the Hard Problem of Consciousness Out of Existence?

A prominent theoretical physicist thinks it is worth a try
Denyse O'Leary
June 10, 2026
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Philosophy of Mind, Physics
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Man in surreal maze, facing labyrinth challenge, complex problem decision, strategy for success, concept of life obstacles and solutions
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Richard W. Stevens
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June 10, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence
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Florida Hails a Surveillance Regime to Corral Renegade AI

Irony: You’ll need to surrender your privacy to government or multi-national AI before you can use AI that tracks you anyway
Richard W. Stevens
June 10, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence
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Giant surveillance camera spies a man. No secrets, no privacy concept. 3D rendering
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 3, 2026
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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What Do People Who Are Conscious But Lack a Cortex Demonstrate?

Consciousness does not necessarily reside in the cortex, as is commonly assumed
Denyse O'Leary
June 3, 2026
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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Don Barger
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June 2, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Religion
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The Pope Just Weighed In On AI

If your religious organization doesn’t yet have a theology of AI, start building one because the conversation is already happening without you
Don Barger
June 2, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Religion
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