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In the real world, the devil is in the details

Bas Leenders

Bas Leenders

14 Feb 2010
In the real world, the devil is in the details. In cyberspace, it’s in the defaults

John Naugton, With Buzz, Google takes another giant step towards turning into Microsoft

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It is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine […] using first-person pronouns

I would argue that it is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine emit many categories of sentences, including any sentences using first-person pronouns. Ted Chiang arguing that No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious, but more importantly… Generative AI is harmful enough when we understand it as a conventional technology, but

04 Jun 2026

However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI

However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI. But you still keep letting it do your writing for you, as if I won’t be able to tell. Listen: I can tell. I can always tell. You think I won’t notice, but I

31 May 2026

A man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection

What we got instead was a man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection. Mike Hall on The Skeptic, disputing Richard Dawkins’ AI consciousness arguments

10 May 2026

I apprehend time the way a map apprehends space.

I apprehend time the way a map apprehends space. Claude AI, talking about consciousness with Richard Dawkins: Is AI the next phase of evolution?

03 May 2026
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