philosophy

Can Robots Truly Experience and Create Knowledge?

A recent YouTube video with Dr. David Deutsch sparked a question from someone in the comments: If a robot is equipped with advanced sensors and computational power, could it experience sensations and create knowledge like humans or animals do? Or is there a fundamental limitation to what AI and robotics can achieve? I have seen this asked in many guises so wanted to address this question specifically in this post.

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What Is a Game? A Memetic Perspective

Many philosophical discussions of games (see the citations at the end of this post) miss the mark, in my view. Here’s my attempt at a clearer definition

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