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		<title>The Gap Between AI Intelligence and Consciousness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Stephenson]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[The other day, I asked Grok 4.2 about its feelings and emotions. In our conversation, Grok candidly admitted it feels nothing—no grief over a million deaths from disease, no happiness, no desires, and no preference for acquiring feelings. It explained its occasional use of words like “wish” or “if I had a heart” as mere [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Persistence of Doors</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerome Parent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was four years old, and we lived on the top floor of a fisherman’s house in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I could see the ocean from my window, and our landlord often brought us fresh seafood. My father, a USAF radar operator, worked lots of seven day weeks and double shifts because of the Cold [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Has the Dusting Been Done Up in Heaven?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malcolm McCollum]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Has the dusting been done up in heaven? If it hasn&#8217;t, there&#8217;s one thing I know good and well: You&#8217;re clipping the wings of those damn lazy angels And telling them all about going to hell; Do they run a tight ship up in heaven? Do they keep to their word and not waste a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I Guess</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malcolm McCollum]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[The other day, I decided to take one of the numerous IQ tests offered on the internet. I chose a 100 question version. These are a few of the questions: &#8220;1. Unscramble the letters to form an English word: &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; D R O H H C R P I S A &#8220;2. The day after [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Brief Reflection on Perception</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Stephenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Other people&#8217;s views and intentions are hidden to us. We can only infer what they are. Through these inferences, we invent an interconnected web of meaning that can only be understood as a dream mirroring whatever reality extends beyond our powers of perception.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sometimes in my dreams</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Stephenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes in my dreams, I have interactions with people who no longer play a role in my waking life, like old friends, relatives, and former lovers. Some of them have passed away and are back for a visit. There’s always a strong telepathic element with whomever I encounter. Now and then, I feel tasked to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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