Liviu CoconuBugs, humans and the P!=NP problemIt works on my machine. Nothing has changed on our end. We never tested this use case, who does that ?!Jun 11Jun 11
Liviu CoconuSfârsitul Emoției (I)“Ale dracului mașini”, rãbufni Nicu din șaormeria modestã în care se ascunseserã, “nu le-a ajuns, bă, sa fie inteligente ! S-a prins…Jul 31, 2023Jul 31, 2023
Liviu CoconuOn the Nature of TruthEverything in the Universe is in perpetual change. Old greeks were right: “The Only Constant in Life Is Change” (Heraclitus) may sound like…May 26, 2023May 26, 2023
Liviu CoconuEducation, Intelligence and the Turing TestTL;DR: can ChatGPT or a similar system pass the Turing test now or in a few years ? The answer is very likely yes. Does that mean we…Dec 19, 20221Dec 19, 20221
Liviu Coconu“Beam me up, Meta !” — uploading brains in the Metaverse.It has always been a recurrent theme in pop culture and SciFi movies - Black Mirror comes to mind. In a recent (and funny) instance, Greg…Apr 12, 2022Apr 12, 2022
Liviu CoconuThe Metaverse isn’t Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” — 5 common myths.Few things are so hyped, heavily debated and misunderstood these days as “the Metaverse”, especially after Facebook, aka Meta, announced…Feb 5, 2022Feb 5, 2022
Liviu CoconuHarry Potter and the Chamber of Scientific AgnosticismOk, this is not really about Harry Potter. But it is about magic.Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
Liviu CoconuGoT and the democracy of selfish storiesYes, GoT = Game of Thrones. Have you ever wondered what exactly you vote for when you (hopefully) exercise your democratic right and duty ?May 24, 2019May 24, 2019
Liviu Coconu“Emergence is strong with this one” — the free will loophole, part 2.Alright, I am grateful that several people have pointed out to the weakest link of the argumentation in my previous post addressing Sabine…May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
Liviu CoconuThe Free Will LoopholeIn a recent blogpost called “How to live without free will” [5] Sabine Hossenfelder, a well-known theoretical physicist, is making a…May 15, 20191May 15, 20191