Machine Philosophy
The Category Error at the Heart of the Turing Test
A language model now wins short imitation games more often than the human does. That tells us something, just not what most people think. Turing built a test for conversational mimicry. We turned it into a séance. Time to fix the category error.
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Is Machine Imagination Real?
Generative AI produces dazzling images in seconds. But is that imagination or remix at scale? From Aristotle to diffusion models, ending with five tests for meaningful machine creativity.
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Who goes to jail when the algorithm is wrong?
AI bias is not a bug in the data. It is a moral choice expressed in error rates. This essay starts with a wrongful arrest and ends with a question builders would rather not answer.
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Maybe the Best AI is a Lazy AI
Your assistant says “Got it” before you’ve finished thinking. That’s not service. That’s training you to stop steering.
