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Can Machine Learning Help Explain Mysticism?

A look into the mathematics of the Perennial Philosophy

Feb 24

Can Machine Learning Help Explain Mysticism?

Feb 24

A Simple Machine Learning Perspective on Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity

The talk I gave at the Psychedelic Science 2025 Conference

Feb 7

A Simple Machine Learning Perspective on Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity

Feb 7

What’s Your Metaphysics?

Discover your philosophical worldview in 8 dimensions

Jan 8

What’s Your Metaphysics?

Jan 8

Beyond Sycophancy: Chatbots, Delusions, and the Narcissistic Enclosure

It happened to someone I knew. We met at a cafe a couple of years ago and hit it off. She was a senior manager at one of the big tech…

Dec 16, 2025

Beyond Sycophancy: Chatbots, Delusions, and the Narcissistic Enclosure

Dec 16, 2025

The Dragon King’s Decision

A short story exploring the twin births of Christianity and Mahayana Buddhism

Jun 13, 2025

The Dragon King’s Decision

Jun 13, 2025

An Introduction to Adaptive Narrative Control Theory

Every so often as a researcher, I come across a theoretical paper that aligns so well with my own thinking that I can’t help but want to…

Jun 5, 2025

An Introduction to Adaptive Narrative Control Theory

Jun 5, 2025

The Beginner’s RL Playground: A Simple Interactive Website for Grokking Reinforcement Learning

Almost a decade ago, I spent a year writing a series of articles teaching the basics of Reinforcement Learning (RL). What was exciting to…

Apr 28, 2025

The Beginner’s RL Playground: A Simple Interactive Website for Grokking Reinforcement Learning

Apr 28, 2025

Beyond Dopamine Nation: Towards a Fuller Picture of Addiction and Recovery

Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke has become an almost inescapable text in the past few years, even to those who have not read it. Thanks in…

Apr 3, 2025

Beyond Dopamine Nation: Towards a Fuller Picture of Addiction and Recovery

Apr 3, 2025

What Kingdom Hearts II Can Teach Us About AI Sentience and Moral Patienthood

I have spent the past few weeks replaying the classic PlayStation 2 game Kingdom Hearts II. The last time that I played through the game…

Mar 2, 2025

What Kingdom Hearts II Can Teach Us About AI Sentience and Moral Patienthood

Mar 2, 2025

Gradual Disempowerment or Golden Age? Rethinking Human Freedom in the Shadow of AGI

A preprint on arXiv has been making the rounds this past week called Gradual Disempowerment: Systemic Existential Risks from Incremental AI…

Feb 11, 2025

Gradual Disempowerment or Golden Age? Rethinking Human Freedom in the Shadow of AGI

Feb 11, 2025

Arthur Juliani

Arthur Juliani

14.3K followers

Psychology PhD. Writing about neuroscience, artificial intelligence, philosophy, mental health, and everything in-between. http://arthurjuliani.com/

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