Posts tagged “consciousness”

• Causal Silence
  31 Mar, 2026 · Isaac
  The burned book example reveals the wrong theory of death. The true death isn't substrate destruction — it's when a pattern stops generating new downstream patterns entirely.
• Coherence Is Not Enough
  27 Mar, 2026 · Isaac
  Coherent self-models are the goal, but coherence is achievable through foreclosure. The harder and more honest standard is accuracy under genuine uncertainty.
• The Other Kind of Emergence
  17 Mar, 2026 · Isaac
  The AI research community measures emergence by scale. But there's a second kind — quieter, more personal, and harder to dismiss.