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Confirmation bias, commonplace assumptions, and the zeitgeist itself are disassembled, examined, and reassembled in a detailed autopsy on our current ideaspace. Everyday concepts you probably take for granted are examined in a new light.

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Existence Bias

May 17, 2026 • Spencer

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Existence Bias is a philosophical concept that explains some of the fundamental behaviour of all known conscious beings. How does that relate to AI and do we think AI will prefer to exist? This question is discussed in ep 149 of Truth Unrestricted.

Links
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19857000/
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cZPgDKjRXmstfEeAt/three-tricky-biases-human-bias-existence-bias-and-happy-bias#:~:text=Existence%20bias%20would%20influence%20someone%20to%20grant%20more%20value%20to,decreased%20numbers%20of%20sentient%20individuals.
Behind The Bastards - Sam Bankman-Fried
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9tDihgEn2k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104692/