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Proving (literally) that ChatGPT isn't conscious

Erik Hoel · ·Jan 15, 2026 · 11 min read

Our Overfitted Century

Erik Hoel · ·Dec 8, 2025 · 21 min read

John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse

Erik Hoel · ·Nov 12, 2025 · 38 min read

The Internet You Missed: A Last 2025 Snapshot

Erik Hoel · ·Nov 5, 2025 · 21 min read

I Figured Out How to Engineer Emergence

Erik Hoel · ·Oct 22, 2025 · 24 min read

Against Treating Chatbots as Conscious

Erik Hoel · ·Sep 24, 2025 · 17 min read

We Are Not Low Creatures

Erik Hoel · ·Sep 12, 2025 · 12 min read

The Internet You Missed: A 2025 Snapshot

Erik Hoel · ·Aug 13, 2025 · 24 min read

Literacy lag: We start reading too late

Erik Hoel · ·Jul 31, 2025 · 17 min read

More Lore of the World

Erik Hoel · ·Jun 19, 2025 · 14 min read

$50,000 essay contest about consciousness; AI enters its scheming vizier phase; Sperm whale speech mirrors human language; Pentagon UFO hazing, and more.

Erik Hoel · ·Jun 13, 2025 · 13 min read