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Jun 2021
11m 40s

A Robot That Talks to Itself Might Be Ea...

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Learn about interacting with robots that talk to themselves; “mad honey,” a rare, dangerous hallucinogen; and “alief.”

Robots that talk to themselves might be easier to interact with by Grant Currin

"Mad honey" is a weird, rare, dangerous hallucinogen used as medicine around the Black Sea by Steffie Drucker

Alief Is When You Act In Opposition To Your True Beliefs by Ashley Hamer

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