In general there is the [email protected] community.

I believe in causal determinism and personally I still believe in free will, because in a hypothetically undetermined existence where we have this magic power to make a decision, it makes an impact whether or not I believe in it. In a determined existence whether I’m aware of it or not doesn’t matter as it’s already determined.

When it comes to laws, ethics and judgements, I don’t think there is a clear solution, since all of this is built on the idea of free will and specifically accountability. We have this weird line, because only with time we took some levels of determinism into account for judging an action, e.g. psychological determinism.

I’m not sure where my line is. I guess in practice it makes sense that we can only consider determining causes where we can describe the events that lead to the action in detail (that too is vague and contextual). E.g. Tourette causing someone to say the n-word is more direct, clear and definitive than a traumatic event leading to abuse. Then again, it also means my lack of (specific) information in the chain of causation decides how I view someone.

When people tell you that AI will (or already does) take a lot of jobs, it’s not necessarily implied that it’s good enough to replace humans. Just that it is sold well enough to the people who make those decisions.

Funny that you feel this way, because I thought about posting a similar and yet almost opposite post to [email protected]. I think it gets too much attention compared to other missions.

I think the Artemis mission isn’t completely useless and even regardless of Lunar economy and nostalgic motivation, there are some benefits, sure. But all of this over-sensationalized exposure with more emphasis on the USA is the reality check that we’re slowly resetting to a space race. I always thought that it was a beautiful story that what started as competition turned into the biggest evidence of our united efforts. And while I don’t think collaborations will end, I fear that they will turn into alliances and we are back to competition.

No, because I’m not dating at all.