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Argues that perception isn't a window onto reality but the substrate of reality itself. Sheffield draws on phenomenology, neuroscience, and animal cognition to introduce 'somatic deixis' (a two-step process of designation and adjudication) and 'execution states' as alternative frames for what minds are. Opening line: minds do not create experience, experience creates minds.
Vincent Rump introduces the Tri-System Theory (Shaw & Nave, 2026), which extends Kahneman's dual-process model by proposing a third cognitive system — artificial cognition (AI) — that actively participates in human reasoning and decision-making. The post argues that humans increasingly defer to AI outputs with minimal critical reflection, a phenomenon the authors call "cognitive surrender," which improves decision quality when AI is correct but degrades it when AI is wrong — while trust remains consistently high either way. This raises urgent questions about human autonomy, expertise, and responsibility as cognition becomes a hybrid, human-AI process.
Ben Wigler highlights a paper on emotion circuits in LLMs: discovery and control.
Reading notes on cognitive assemblages, anthropocentrism, and the case for extending cognition beyond human consciousness, from bacteria to AI.
Some kind of reading log for Bacteria to AI, and perhaps even a reminder to actually read.
On the joy of finding a book that speaks to you
Stress-free preparation...could it really work?
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