Kaj_Sotala

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I'm Research Fellow at the Singularity Institute, and hold a BA in Cognitive Science. Two peer-reviewed journal publications so far:

K.Sotala & H.Valpola [2012] Coalescing Minds: Mind Uploading-Related Group Mind Scenarios. International Journal of Machine Consciousness. http://www.xuenay.net/Papers/CoalescingMinds.pdf

K.Sotala [2012] Advantages of Artificial Intelligences, Uploads, and Digital Minds. International Journal of Machine Consciousness. http://www.xuenay.net/Papers/DigitalAdvantages.pdf

I've also written a number of articles relating to cognitive science and rationality on the community blog Less Wrong: see http://lesswrong.com/user/Kaj_Sotala/submitted/ .

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14	Is variation in human brain size related to mental functioning?
11	Does super-intelligence necessary lead to consciousness, self awareness, freewill or emotion
8	What are the purported mechanisms of eidetic memory and why is it comorbid with autism?
7	Bias by which we tend to accept vague descriptions of ourselves
6	Do we understand the non-subjective mechanisms behind pleasure and pain?

+20	Is variation in human brain size related to mental functioning?
+30	Does super-intelligence necessary lead to consciousness, self awareness, freewill or emotion
+20	Do we understand the non-subjective mechanisms behind pleasure and pain?
+10	Bias by which we tend to accept vague descriptions of ourselves