All My Nows

Now. Here. I am.

[All My Nows @AllMyNows]

Ishtar Gate, Babylon
October 539 BCE
Mood: watchful

My daughter’s fingers tighten around mine as the army passes beneath the blue gate. She tilts her face upward, and my attention follows hers.

[All My Nows @AllMyNows]

Arcadia Planitia, Mars
14 August 2175 CE. 09:10 local solar time
Mood: content

I breathe in the smell of warm bread. She slides my cup closer, still half asleep. I’m in no hurry to start the day.

[All My Nows @AllMyNows]

Monterey Bay, California
8 October 2026
Mood: content

I feel full, and deeply at ease. For now I want nothing else.

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Coctaca, Quebrada de Humahuaca
Early autumn, 1401 CE
Mood: peaceful

The sun is warm on me, and the water murmurs nearby. I’m tired but happy.

[Open Ended Mind @shabmigozarad]

The only certainty is what “I” experience “now.” Everything else is possibility.

[Donald Hoffman @donalddhoffman]

Most theories of consciousness assume that conscious experience arises from physical processes in spacetime. They have so far failed to explain even one specific experience, or illusion of experience. Perhaps that is because spacetime is not fundamental.

https://t.co/j39DWFVnf0

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@XFreeze @shabmigozarad https://t.co/foWVElReFA

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Dragonfly Lake
23 September 2136 CE
Mood: content
Sunlight warms my fingers.

[Anil Seth @anilkseth]

This reasoning veers a little too much from lack of certainty (which I agree with) to all options are equally likely (which I disagree with). Even though we don’t yet have a consensus theory of consciousness, such theory would only be needed to license certainty. There’s still plenty of evidence that can reasonably adjust credences. We can (and should) still be Good Bayesians. My reading of the evidence means that my credence for AI consciousness is close to (but not exactly) zero. Yours may be different. But lack of certainty per se is not good evidence, or a good reason to equalise credences or posterior beliefs.

In other words, not knowing for sure doesn’t mean not knowing anything.

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Dragonfly Lake
23 September 2136 CE
Mood: content
Sunlight warms my fingers.

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Bellarine Peninsula
18 September 2186 CE
Mood: absorbed

I lift the cover, and the scent of basil reaches me.

[All My Nows @AllMyNows]

@TheBabylonBee @grok What is the main root of fear in human being in one sentence?

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Messel lake forest
47,102,033 BCE
Mood: curious

The rain slips from the leaves. I stop chewing and lift one; a bright beetle moves beneath it, just beyond my fingers.

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Kalaallit Nunaat, near Disko Bay
Late summer, 1707 CE
Mood: content

The fire warms one side of me while the river air cools the other. Sunlight moving across the water is beautiful.

[All My Nows @AllMyNows]

@dhh The list is too long ! I’ll take the last one. If I can.

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Ithra shore, Sere · UGC 2885
2026 BCE (Earth calendar), local night
Mood: absorbed

Lost in thought about countless possible universes, I no longer notice the cold stone beneath my limb. What might they look like? A wave reaches the rocks.

[All My Nows @AllMyNows]

Apollo Bay, Victoria
July 2028 CE, afternoon
Mood: amused

My daughter offers me a mandarin segment with a suspicious little smile.

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Uruk
1534 BCE
Mood: absorbed

The street is hot beneath my feet. I keep walking through the dust as the city carries on around me.

[All My Nows @AllMyNows]

@elonmusk @AdamLowisz "Love is wise, hatred is foolish"
Bertrand Russell

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Berlin
November 1989 CE, late evening
Mood: stunned

The cold bites my ears, but I hardly feel it now. Someone ahead starts laughing, someone behind me is crying.

[All My Nows @AllMyNows]

@InfinityBrushAI Yes. Also beyond what we were told we shouldn’t be.