Multiagent Models of Mind

Kaj_Sotala
16 Jan 2019 14:39 UTC

A sequence of posts which tries to break down the functioning of the brain into a number of subsystems, communicating in part through the global neuronal workspace of consciousness.

Se­quence in­tro­duc­tion: non-agent and mul­ti­a­gent mod­els of mind

Kaj_Sotala7 Jan 2019 14:12 UTC
123 points
16 comments7 min readLW link1 review

Book Sum­mary: Con­scious­ness and the Brain

Kaj_Sotala16 Jan 2019 14:43 UTC
170 points
20 comments26 min readLW link1 review

Build­ing up to an In­ter­nal Fam­ily Sys­tems model

Kaj_Sotala26 Jan 2019 12:25 UTC
281 points
86 comments28 min readLW link2 reviews

Subagents, in­tro­spec­tive aware­ness, and blending

Kaj_Sotala2 Mar 2019 12:53 UTC
110 points
19 comments9 min readLW link

Subagents, akra­sia, and co­her­ence in humans

Kaj_Sotala25 Mar 2019 14:24 UTC
138 points
31 comments16 min readLW link

In­te­grat­ing dis­agree­ing subagents

Kaj_Sotala14 May 2019 14:06 UTC
147 points
15 comments21 min readLW link

Subagents, neu­ral Tur­ing ma­chines, thought se­lec­tion, and blindspots

Kaj_Sotala6 Aug 2019 21:15 UTC
87 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

Subagents, trauma and rationality

Kaj_Sotala14 Aug 2019 13:14 UTC
111 points
4 comments19 min readLW link

Sys­tem 2 as work­ing-mem­ory aug­mented Sys­tem 1 reasoning

Kaj_Sotala25 Sep 2019 8:39 UTC
109 points
23 comments16 min readLW link

Book sum­mary: Un­lock­ing the Emo­tional Brain

Kaj_Sotala8 Oct 2019 19:11 UTC
326 points
48 comments21 min readLW link3 reviews

A mechanis­tic model of meditation

Kaj_Sotala6 Nov 2019 21:37 UTC
136 points
11 comments21 min readLW link

A non-mys­ti­cal ex­pla­na­tion of in­sight med­i­ta­tion and the three char­ac­ter­is­tics of ex­is­tence: in­tro­duc­tion and preamble

Kaj_Sotala5 May 2020 19:09 UTC
134 points
40 comments12 min readLW link

A non-mys­ti­cal ex­pla­na­tion of “no-self” (three char­ac­ter­is­tics se­ries)

Kaj_Sotala8 May 2020 10:37 UTC
113 points
65 comments20 min readLW link1 review

Crav­ing, suffer­ing, and pre­dic­tive pro­cess­ing (three char­ac­ter­is­tics se­ries)

Kaj_Sotala15 May 2020 13:21 UTC
90 points
56 comments19 min readLW link

From self to crav­ing (three char­ac­ter­is­tics se­ries)

Kaj_Sotala22 May 2020 12:16 UTC
57 points
21 comments11 min readLW link

On the con­struc­tion of the self

Kaj_Sotala29 May 2020 13:04 UTC
71 points
18 comments17 min readLW link

Three char­ac­ter­is­tics: impermanence

Kaj_Sotala5 Jun 2020 7:48 UTC
73 points
4 comments18 min readLW link

Beliefs as emo­tional strategies

Kaj_Sotala9 Apr 2021 14:28 UTC
70 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

My cur­rent take on In­ter­nal Fam­ily Sys­tems “parts”

Kaj_Sotala26 Jun 2022 17:40 UTC
93 points
11 comments3 min readLW link
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Good­hart’s Law in­side the hu­man mind

Kaj_Sotala17 Apr 2023 13:48 UTC
117 points
13 comments16 min readLW link

Ro­mance, mi­s­un­der­stand­ing, so­cial stances, and the hu­man LLM

Kaj_Sotala27 Apr 2023 12:59 UTC
69 points
32 comments16 min readLW link

Quick thoughts on the im­pli­ca­tions of multi-agent views of mind on AI takeover

Kaj_Sotala11 Dec 2023 6:34 UTC
46 points
14 comments4 min readLW link