story public Multiple Personality Disorder Nikki Durkin "Don't worry — we'll get there. We're just going to play with this idea… 6 min read Jul 22, 2020
story public The Point Of It All Nikki Durkin "We now have a model consisting of Markov blankets within Markov blankets within Markov blankets. Each Markov blanket is… 7 min read Jul 22, 2020
story public Relative Morality Nikki Durkin "It's only 'right' relative to the goal of maximizing my personal happiness, though. It could… 6 min read Jul 22, 2020
story public A Global Maximum Of Happiness Nikki Durkin "Okay, but how much does biology affect all this?" Zac asked. "Evolutionarily speaking, the courting instincts of… 5 min read Jul 22, 2020
story public Sex Nikki Durkin "That makes sense," Zac shrugged. "I have been called a sex god before." "I'… 12 min read Jul 22, 2020
story public Ouroboros Nikki Durkin "Cool. So," I rubbed my hands together, "where were we?" "Before you explained recursion, you… 7 min read Jul 22, 2020
story public Cellular Automata — Part Two Nikki Durkin "But if something is completely unpredictable, it's random," Zac said. "Isn't that proof… 9 min read Jul 22, 2020
story public Cellular Automata — Part One Nikki Durkin "Who's this Wolfram guy?" Zac asked. "Have you mentioned him before?" "No,"… 9 min read Jul 22, 2020
story public Recursion Nikki Durkin "Perfect. I'm now going to read you another snippet from Conversations With God. I want you to… 5 min read Jul 21, 2020
story public Markov Blankets Nikki Durkin "Awesome," I smiled. "I'm going to continue fleshing out our model and connecting the dots.… 7 min read Jul 21, 2020
story public Neural Networks Nikki Durkin "Hmm… you're right." I fiddled with my phone. "Actually, let's watch a little… 7 min read Jul 21, 2020
story public Who Are You? Nikki Durkin "Yeah," I agreed. "Now, most of that message is very obvious on the surface level, but I… 5 min read Jul 21, 2020