The idea that modern self-consciousness is born in the 1910-20s with Freud infecting europe with nihilism, is a long-standing anti-semitc trope among nazis.
Five times we get "kind of" in that first short quote. Even if it was taken from a speech or conversation and not text, it doesn’t inspire much confidence. Andreesen should express himself plainly if he expects to be taken seriously.
The problem is that introspection is a post-hoc illusion if it involves words. It's double ended as there are no such reductions as intent, or agency as well.
Language brings us the illusion we are doing anything, narrative delivers the illusion we are agents or have motivations.
“We refute (based on empirical evidence) claims that humans use linguistic representations to think.”
Few years ago I started to notice among friends, and then public figures (Elon being a stark one) evidence of detached layers of consciousness.
In simplest terms, an individual that is complex and multilayered and generally smart develops layers of interests and agency. When one (usually fast, left-brain coded, lexical) layer peels off, it arrogantly claims the crown, and more. And it often has no roots, no deep reflection.
Result: a person who is formerly, or episodically, very intelligent, is taken for a ride by his own monkey, and he starts to believe to be in control, and sole decision maker.
Jonathan Haidt called that monkey “a rider on an elephant”.
Religions invoke demons that prey on the soul, etc.
I’m more dry about it. A developed, rooted complex consciousness machine is stashed away, and a new perky “CEO” starts to believe himself the originator of conceptual thought.
Basically, living a lie without knowing it.
In Elon’s case it’s obvious, to me.
Maybe Marc is inhaling similar K-vapors that push him into blindness of his own consciousness.
If philosophers like Byung-Chul Han have taught me anything. It's that we live in a society that is overstimulated and are in desperate need of studied boredom and self reflection. To me, Marc Adreessen seems driven to turn the average person into creatures of instinct. That scares me. To obey without question, to act on impulse, it has it's place and uses. Yet to hoist that on society in general is insane if you ask me.
The idea that modern self-consciousness is born in the 1910-20s with Freud infecting europe with nihilism, is a long-standing anti-semitc trope among nazis.
Yes. He also doubled down on this in subsequent days: https://x.com/g_shullenberger/status/2033939299964481849?s=20
"Agentic" is as hollow a synonym for "mastery" (the ideology of "subjecthood," the AI metric) as I've ever heard.
Why don't we just ignore these people?
It's not as if they were cultured.
They are just rich.
... um.... because they are very powerful and profess malevolent intentions?
I believe that the more attention we give them, the more incentivized they’ll feel to say sensational things that consist mostly of nonsense.
We can and should pay attention to their actions, not so much to what they say.
Five times we get "kind of" in that first short quote. Even if it was taken from a speech or conversation and not text, it doesn’t inspire much confidence. Andreesen should express himself plainly if he expects to be taken seriously.
The problem is that introspection is a post-hoc illusion if it involves words. It's double ended as there are no such reductions as intent, or agency as well.
Language brings us the illusion we are doing anything, narrative delivers the illusion we are agents or have motivations.
“We refute (based on empirical evidence) claims that humans use linguistic representations to think.”
Another potential explanation.
Few years ago I started to notice among friends, and then public figures (Elon being a stark one) evidence of detached layers of consciousness.
In simplest terms, an individual that is complex and multilayered and generally smart develops layers of interests and agency. When one (usually fast, left-brain coded, lexical) layer peels off, it arrogantly claims the crown, and more. And it often has no roots, no deep reflection.
Result: a person who is formerly, or episodically, very intelligent, is taken for a ride by his own monkey, and he starts to believe to be in control, and sole decision maker.
Jonathan Haidt called that monkey “a rider on an elephant”.
Religions invoke demons that prey on the soul, etc.
I’m more dry about it. A developed, rooted complex consciousness machine is stashed away, and a new perky “CEO” starts to believe himself the originator of conceptual thought.
Basically, living a lie without knowing it.
In Elon’s case it’s obvious, to me.
Maybe Marc is inhaling similar K-vapors that push him into blindness of his own consciousness.
I would add Foucault's docile bodies to Bacon and Adorno
If philosophers like Byung-Chul Han have taught me anything. It's that we live in a society that is overstimulated and are in desperate need of studied boredom and self reflection. To me, Marc Adreessen seems driven to turn the average person into creatures of instinct. That scares me. To obey without question, to act on impulse, it has it's place and uses. Yet to hoist that on society in general is insane if you ask me.