Archive July 2014
This is an archive of articles that Lincoln Cannon published in July 2014. An annual archive for 2014 is available. And a full archive of all articles that Lincoln has published since 2005 is also available. You may also search for articles and other content that Lincoln has published on any of his websites.
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Watching and Searching
At Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, I’m watching. Across the street is a half-naked malnourished man, smoking a cigarette; a backpack and large coat rest beside him in the shady grass, and he scratches at the air while talking out loud to himself, words I can’t make out. A ... -
This Is Still the Place
On the morning of 24 July 1847, a group of Mormon pioneers broke camp for the last time. They traveled six miles through a deep ravine, across one last creek, and into full view of a great valley. Wondering and admiring, they gazed. The valley appeared vast and richly fertile, ... -
How Weak Is the Orthogonality Thesis?
I finally got my digital hands on a Kindle copy of Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. And the first thing I checked was how his chapter on “Superintelligent Will” compares to his 2012 paper on “The Superintelligent Will: Motivation and Instrumental Rationality in Advanced Artificial Agents.” This subject interests ...