Fake thinking and real thinking - Joe Carlsmith's Substack
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When the line pulls at your hand.
(Podcast version here, or search for "Joe Carlsmith Audio" on your podcast app.1) “There comes a moment when the children who have been playing at burglars hush suddenly: was that a real footstep in the hall?” - C.S. Lewis “The Human Condition,” by René Magritte (Image source here) Sometimes, my thinking feels more “real” to me; and sometimes, it feels more “fake.” I want to do the real version, so I want to understand this spectrum better. This essay offers some reflections. I give a bunch of examples of this “fake vs. real” spectrum below -- in AI, philosophy, competitive debate,…
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