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In The Labyrinth of a Curious Mind: Exploring the Complexities of Human Thought and Artificial Intelligence

In The Labyrinth of a Curious Mind: Exploring the Complexities of Human Thought and Artificial Intelligence

"In the Labyrinth of a Curious Mind" explores the complexities of human thought and artificial intelligence through thought-provoking essays

2024

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Oct 5

Know Thy LLM: Safeguards Are Not Enough

Over the past year, I have been developing controls for hallucination, confabulation and sycophancy. These include falsification, evidence…

Know Thy LLM: Safeguards Are Not Enough

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Oct 5

When knowledge loses its connection to reality, society risks losing its ability to correct itself

Follower count is not evidence of expertise.

When knowledge loses its connection to reality, society risks losing its ability to correct itself

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Oct 1

The Shape of Reasoning

How coherent systems become detached from reality

The Shape of Reasoning

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Jun 23

Trust is earned. For AI, it must be measured.

Human players and AI models face the same trolley problem and return different answers, and I wanted to know why.

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Mar 30

Every Tribe Has Its Own Black Box

The AI safety debate has a hidden assumption nobody is questioning. It assumes there is one black box problem. One opaque system we need to…

Every Tribe Has Its Own Black Box

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Dec 31, 2024

The Chaos of the 3-Body Problem: Physics Meets Fiction

The 3-body problem in physics has fascinated scientists for centuries. It describes the challenge of predicting the motions of three…

The Chaos of the 3-Body Problem: Physics Meets Fiction

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Oct 29, 2024

The Devolution of Humanity: How Social Media Reawakened Our Primitive Instincts

Introduction

The Devolution of Humanity: How Social Media Reawakened Our Primitive Instincts

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Oct 7, 2024

Why Evolution Imprisoned the Brain

The evolution of the skull was one of nature’s masterstrokes — a survival necessity that changed the course of life. Early vertebrates had…

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Oct 3, 2024

The 7th Seal: Finding Meaning in the Wild Strawberry Scene of Ingmar Bergman’s Masterpiece

In Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), a film often remembered for its stark existential questions and its iconic chess game with…

The 7th Seal: Finding Meaning in the Wild Strawberry Scene of Ingmar Bergman’s Masterpiece

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Oct 1, 2024

So long, and thanks for all the fish

What the Dolphins’ Farewell in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Teaches Us About Life, the Universe, and Everything

So long, and thanks for all the fish

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Erkan is an independent essayist who explores philosophy, science, technology, artificial intelligence, and culture to better understand the human experience.

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