247 – The Void, with Matt Freeman, part 2

The Bayesian Conspiracy

We continue discussing Nostalgebraist’s “The Void” in the context of how to relate to LLMs. If God imagines Claude hard enough, does Claude become real?

LINKS
The Void
Audio reading of The Void, from AskWho
The referenced episode where the three of us spoke of Janus’s post “Simulators”
Claude-Clark post – Simulacra Welfare: Meet Clark, by Grace Kind
Golden Gate Claude
Vox on Shrimp Welfare
Kelsey Piper on UBI not helping Americans
Eneasz story collection “Dear Grom” and his novel “What Lies Dreaming”

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