P-zombies in the NY Times

From: Eric Rauch (erauch@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2007 - 13:27:00 MDT

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So it looks like the Science times is continuing to explore the possibly
illusory nature of reality, discussing brains in vats, p-zombies, and other
SL-4ish stuff.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/science/21magic.html?_r=1&ref=science&pagewanted=print@Ø/Àl-

Is a science times editor on the SL-4 list or something?

Also if this is a simulation doesn't that make us a boxed AI? Didn't you
guys decide that it would be tough to keep an AI in a box?

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