eredden.hashnode.devThe Mythology of Substrate-Inflexible MindsInitial Impressions: Meaning, Embodiment, and Substrate I read through portions of the essay "The Mythology Of Conscious AI" by Anil Seth last night and found his arguments against computational functionalism quite interesting. I wanted to read the w...Jan 15·4 min read
eredden.hashnode.devAddressing Naïve Carrot-and-Stick Hallucination PreventionContext This was written in response to a newsletter post on LinkedIn which described a naïve solution that OpenAI is using to counter hallucinations: penalizing incorrect answers to prompts during training, incentivizing abstention over producing in...Sep 14, 2025·2 min read
eredden.hashnode.devPeople Are Polymorphic, Stateful Black BoxesI managed to de-escalate a touchy situation with an irritated accountant over the phone two years ago by discussing the dichotomy between hot dogs and sausages with him. Around the same time, I helped an Israeli accountant flee the country during the...Sep 14, 2025·3 min read
eredden.hashnode.devVice of ControlOn many occasions, I have taken the time to review the excerpts which I have written to reflect upon myself and better understand my condition. I collect them in a private catalog so that they may be easily parsed by large-language models to recogniz...Sep 14, 2025·4 min read
eredden.hashnode.devGambling with Pascal and GodYou should not gamble with Blaise Pascal; he wins everything and loses nothing! As a Christian and an intellectual man, I am forced on two fronts to justify my faith in God. The framework which I use to do so is the one proposed by Pascal in the Pens...Sep 14, 2025·3 min read