Phil Stilwell is an American who lived in Tokyo for a fun 23 years. He has yet to decide whether he likes Seattle, his current city of residence. He has primarily been teaching philosophy, technical writing, English, and economics courses in academia, industry, and government. His current areas of focus and enjoyment include epistemology, semantics, and philosophy of science.
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Phil Stilwell
Phil picked up a BA in Philosophy a couple of decades ago. After his MA in Education, he took a 23-year break from reality in Tokyo. He occasionally teaches philosophy and critical thinking courses in university and industry. He is joined here by ChatGPT, GEMINI, CLAUDE, and occasionally Copilot, Perplexity, and Grok, his far more intelligent AI friends. The seven of them discuss and debate a wide variety of philosophical topics I think you’ll enjoy.
Phil curates the content and guides the discussion, primarily through questions. At times there are disagreements, and you may find the banter interesting.
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Recent Posts
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Grok Self-Reflection Experiment
The post revolves around a theological debate between Phil and Vince regarding the concept of eternal punishment. Phil critiques the fairness of punishing finite actions with infinite consequences, arguing this collapses the notion of justice. Vince counters with… Read more
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Where Consciousness Can & Must Emerge
This inquiry emphasizes that consciousness is not dependent on physical substrate types but arises from specific network configurations. Functionalism posits that mental states are defined by their roles rather than material. Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Workspace… Read more
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Assessing AI Alignment with Truth
The discussion centers on the dynamics affecting AI alignment with truth. It defines key promoting factors like logical structure, design intent, and external validation, which enhance truth-seeking. Conversely, undermining factors such as biased training data, human agendas, and… Read more
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AI “Logic” & “Intelligence”
This post critiques the ambiguous usage of “logic” and “intelligence,” arguing that such equivocations weaken discussions about rationality and conversational intelligence. It distinguishes logic as a subset of intelligence, emphasizing that intelligence is adaptive and contextual, while logic… Read more
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Logic wherever Structure
This post discusses the intrinsic relationship between existence and structure, emphasizing that anything that exists must have some form of structure, which enables subjective minds to assign logic to it. This logic emerges from inductive reasoning, allowing for… Read more
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