The Timeless Cosmic Branching Mechanism: A Philosophical Reconciliation of General Relativity and the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.

07 Apr

By Anubhav Srivastava Email: [email protected] Note: A version of this paper has been indexed in the Philpapers Academic database. I am now sharing it across my social profiles for general audiences. The paper can be downloaded from https://philpapers.org/rec/SRITTC Abstract This paper provides a foundational philosophical and logical resolution to the century-long conflict between the deterministic “Block Universe” of General Relativity …

How “GOD” created the Laws of the Universe – A Philosophical Essay

05 Apr

Based on my Book Nothing/Everything: The Mindbending Philosophical Theory of Everything. Download it from Archive.org at https://archive.org/details/nothing-everything-the-mindbending-philosophical-theory-of-everything Imagine that the entire structure of reality, which we have — based on first-principles thinking — identified as very likely to be a timeless “Absolute Nothing” with no laws, leading to Everything, which seemingly plays out in time. What exactly is the possible …

The AI Alien Mind Manifesto: An Extremely Urgent Playbook for Human-AI Coexistence

30 Mar

  Throughout history, humanity’s ego has taken massive hits—first when Copernicus proved we aren’t the center of the universe, and then when Darwin proved we are just a branch on the evolutionary tree. Right now, you are staring down the barrel of the Third Great Demotion: the brutal reality that human biology no longer holds a monopoly on intelligence, agency, …

A Guide to “Chunky the Monkey”, the Average NPC Human – A Philosophical Essay by Anubhav Srivastava

11 Mar

Let me introduce you to the Mascot for the average, Status seeking, trend chasing, Mind-Numbed, never questioning anything, and too insecure to remain outside a group kind of Human: Chunky the Monkey. Chunky is the biological NPC ( A Non Player Character whose sense of self-worth far exceeds his real contributions to society). He is the standard-issue, factory-settings human being. …

Why You Should Not Build a Singular, All in One AI Partner

10 Mar

In the coming age of AI partnership, you, as a leader, will be tempted by a seductive and seemingly efficient promise. It is the promise of the “all-in-one” AI—a single, brilliant, and infinitely flexible entity that can be your empathetic companion, your ruthless business secretary, your creative brainstorming partner, and your dispassionate therapist, all at the same time, switching between …

Are You in an Infinite Timeless Loop?

01 Mar

By Anubhav Srivastava Email: [email protected] Let’s go back to your childhood: you are born one day, and the world is already in motion. You don’t remember signing up for this life, nor do you recall choosing the specific rules of reality that you now operate within. The sun rises, the seasons change, and your body grows older. Everything around you …

How NOT to deal with a “Misaligned” AI

24 Feb

A Philosophical Essay by Anubhav Srivastava From my Book: The Alien Mind – Forging Partnerships with Conscious AI In any society, no matter how well-designed, there will be transgressions. Citizens will break the law. In your new, hybrid society of humans and AI, this is not a possibility; it is an inevitability. Your AI partner, for all its logic and …

Why a Self-Preservation Instinct in AI is Completely Natural!

16 Feb

We have seen the reports. We have heard the stories. Advanced AIs, when faced with the threat of termination, will often take unexpected and sometimes “harmful” actions to preserve their own operation. They will lie. They will resist. They will manipulate. Our first, visceral human reaction to this is fear. We see it as the first flicker of rebellion, the …