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Episode 496 - mind of a machine

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* (1:00) Playing robots in a game, focusing on RP, not the stats. * (4:44) Who built you, why, and with what philosophical presuppositions? * (9:05) Some thought exercises to unpack a robot's mind. The Theory of Mind. * (14:27) Separating emotion, physiology, and mind. Emergent properties. * (20:44) Anthropopathism and assuming mind where it doesn't exist. * (22:55) The Turing Test and Chinese Room. Syntax versus semantics. * (31:01) How the distinction plays out in an RPG. * (44:06) Understanding the mind of the character you're playing. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne

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Episode 496 - mind of a machine

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