The Intrinsic Perspective

Don't dethrone consciousness!

LLMs aren't conscious (and thinking they are is culturally dangerous)

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May 2026

But Dumbo could already fly?

100% pure human copium about OpenAI solving Erdős problems

May 23 • Erik Hoel

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April 2026

We consciousness researchers have failed you

In Which I Become Shackleton

Apr 29 • Erik Hoel

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IVF epigenetic damage gets worse across generations; The next Project Hail Mary; AI's "odorless" math proofs; Waymo at 100% human oversight…

Desiderata #39

Apr 2 • Erik Hoel

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March 2026

Hubris

The Lore of the World: Part 4

Mar 19 • Erik Hoel

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RIP Dan Simmons. Why weren't you more famous?

The world hates a polymath

Mar 13 • Erik Hoel

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Bits In, Bits Out

Six years of AI and the world got stupider

Mar 5 • Erik Hoel

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February 2026

My New Org to Solve Consciousness (or Die Trying); A Rogue AI Community That Wasn't; David Foster Wallace Is Still Right; Cow Tools Are…

Desiderata #38: links and commentary

Feb 5 • Erik Hoel

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January 2026

It only snows like this for children

The Lore of the World: Part 3

Jan 26 • Erik Hoel

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Proving (literally) that ChatGPT isn't conscious

There is nothing it is like to be a Large Language Model

Jan 15 • Erik Hoel

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December 2025

How Kids Actually Get Good at Math in America

Teaching (Very) Early Math: Part 1 of.... yikes

Dec 19, 2025 • Erik Hoel

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Our overfitted century

Cultural stagnation is because we're stuck in-distribution

Dec 8, 2025 • Erik Hoel

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