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21 October

Bruno MaçãesKorrents 21 Oct

From one piece Who Runs the Universal Simulator? 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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A sealed machine that redesigns itself will eventually redesign everything that touches its seal.

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A sealed machine that redesigns itself will, given time, redesign everything that touches the seal.

Who Runs the Universal Simulator?brunomacaes.substack.com
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A language model is a universal virtual reality generator that can be programmed to render any environment.

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A language model is closer to a universal virtual reality generator, one machine that can be programmed to render any environment.

Who Runs the Universal Simulator?brunomacaes.substack.com

11 October

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From one piece An Infrastructure for Virtual Worlds 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Social and economic activities like law or healthcare will take many decades to be fully reproducible in virtual form.

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Other social and economic activities, such as law or healthcare, will take many decades to be fully reproducible in virtual form.

An Infrastructure for Virtual Worldsbrunomacaes.substack.com
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Artificial intelligence will get humans farther away from understanding the world because it creates worlds not grounded in reality.

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The inevitable conclusion would seem to be that artificial intelligence will never get us any closer to understanding the world. It will get us farther and farther away from that goal because it is busy creating new worlds, worlds no longer grounded in reality.

An Infrastructure for Virtual Worldsbrunomacaes.substack.com
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Artificial intelligence will not replace human intelligence.

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Artificial intelligence will not replace human intelligence.

An Infrastructure for Virtual Worldsbrunomacaes.substack.com

5 June

Bruno MaçãesKorrents 5 Jun

From one piece My new book: In Search of Greater India 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Division of labour increases the odds of finding the object of a quest.

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Division of labour increases the odds of finding the object of a quest, in these matters as with the castaways we just left, again stranded, in their island.

My new book: In Search of Greater Indiabrunomacaes.substack.com
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Human beings often react with anger when others decide to pursue diverging paths in intellectual or political pursuits.

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And yet, when it comes to intellectual pursuits, human beings behave very differently. The situation may be even worse in the case of political pursuits. In these cases, they often get angry if others decide to pursue diverging paths.

My new book: In Search of Greater Indiabrunomacaes.substack.com

26 November 2025

Bruno MaçãesKorrents 26 Nov 2025

From one piece Gaza: The Reckoning 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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A collapse in Western societies may be a collapse of the human personality.

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If there is a collapse in Western societies, it is not merely a collapse of media or political structures. It is much worse. It may well be a collapse of the human personality.

Gaza: The Reckoningbrunomacaes.substack.com
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Western democracies have actively supported the genocide through the repression of critics.

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The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct.

Gaza: The Reckoningbrunomacaes.substack.com
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The West's direct responsibility distinguishes the Gaza genocide.

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What distinguishes the Gaza genocide is the West's direct responsibility.

Gaza: The Reckoningbrunomacaes.substack.com

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