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Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards

https://economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/20/humanity-has-the-debate-about-ai-consciousness-backwards
6•semiquaver•1h ago

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semiquaver•30m ago
https://archive.ph/uLYYU
rmunn•10m ago
The counterpoint article, which can be read at https://archive.ph/IeSZg, is also worth reading. (IMHO, the original article is completely wrongheaded and the counterpoint is far closer to correct, but I'll post my reasons for that opinion separately).

Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10M

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/grand-jury-report-hope-florida/
1•treetalker•1m ago•0 comments

Instinct is raising a $250M Series B

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-latest-viral-ai-assistant-rocketing-across-silicon-valley-abb46276
1•erex78•4m ago•0 comments

First patient to undergo live AI-assisted brain surgery has tumour removed

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwg5n7y68xo
2•gpjt•10m ago•0 comments

Roast My Startup

https://www.getstreek.com/
1•me_sleepy•11m ago•0 comments

Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v4k0re3vwo
1•tartoran•14m ago•0 comments

2026 Nepal Floods

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Nepal_floods
3•dredmorbius•15m ago•2 comments

The Self-Hosted SSO Tax: A Verified Tracker

https://techfuelhq.com/self-hosted/self-hosted-sso-tax-2026/
1•LKWOODIV•17m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Do you think tariffs are about anything other than creating inflation?

1•dfps•18m ago•1 comments

Apple Maps Launches Ads on iPhone

https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/25/apple-maps-launches-ads-on-iphone-heres-whats-new/
1•Garbage•20m ago•0 comments

Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the End

https://alyssarosenzweig.ca/blog/asahi-gpu-part-n.html
3•amemi•25m ago•2 comments

Meta's self-inflicted resignation-wave

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-pulse-metas-self-inflicted-resignation-wave/
5•andsoitis•37m ago•0 comments

48 Node B300 cluster live in 3-5 weeks

1•anwar19•38m ago•0 comments

What Is a "Jeopardy "-Worthy Computer (2015)

https://today.umd.edu/what-jeopardy-worthy-computer-90e7a2a8-6faa-4ab2-95d3-c3a6d6efb20b
1•andsoitis•39m ago•0 comments

Why China is suddenly betting on e-fuels [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPpbrjyuQHI
2•thelastgallon•39m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Sift – a cross-platform Snaffler replacement

https://github.com/Stratus-Security/Sift
1•coj337•40m ago•0 comments

How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-researchers-are-teaching-ai-learn-child
1•andsoitis•42m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Check if your OTP/verification SMS or email arrived

https://github.com/flovoice53-tech/otp-watch
1•florin_builds•42m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Wattage – finds the tokens your Claude Code sessions wasted

https://github.com/faizannraza/wattage
1•faizanraza03•43m ago•0 comments

Meta Just Paid Nearly $17B to Write the Kid Safety Rules for Every Platform

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-writ...
3•wrxd•44m ago•1 comments

FrankenMermaid. A deterministic, memory-safe Rust implementation of MermaidJS

https://frankenmermaid.com/
1•carnevalem•47m ago•0 comments

Show HN: CloudDM – One more small step toward safer database operations

https://github.com/ClouGence/open-cdm/releases/tag/v4.1.2
1•cloudcanalx•48m ago•0 comments

GoodSaaS – Discover useful SaaS products without the noise

https://goodsaas.xyz
1•its_ajseven•51m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Do you also notice CNN's poor English?

1•mandeepj•53m ago•0 comments

PiLFS Linux from Scratch on the Raspberry Pi

https://intestinate.com/pilfs/
3•kristianpaul•54m ago•0 comments

Tragedy of the Commons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
2•num42•59m ago•1 comments

Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards

https://economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/20/humanity-has-the-debate-about-ai-consciousness-bac...
6•semiquaver•1h ago•2 comments

Keep an Eye Out on Chromium's Flatpak Experiment

https://itsfoss.com/news/experimental-chromium-flatpak-packaging/
1•losgehts•1h ago•0 comments

Trump to sign executive order on foreign equipment in U.S. energy infrastructure

https://cyberscoop.com/energy-department-cybersecurity-executive-order-rules/
2•WaitWaitWha•1h ago•1 comments

Ring camera founder says company will "lock" video

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ring-camera-founder-lock-video/
1•pilingual•1h ago•1 comments

Security log analyzer for Caddy v2 with 26 attack categories

https://github.com/lenny-ts/caddy-analyzer
1•lenny-ts•1h ago•0 comments