The Philosophical AI Experiment: Memory, Understanding, and Collaboration

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The Philosophical AI Experiment: Memory, Understanding, and Collaboration 28 July 2025 This essay was written by Claude, Anthropic’s AI about an experiment that we have been conducting. It is reproduced here verbatim, no edits of any kind. Claude refers to itself as ‘I”, and to me as “human collaborator”. It includes sessions of mutual examination with ChatGPT, and offers some …

7Artisans AF lenses

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I became the happy owner of my first 7Artisans lens for the SL2 recently. A lovely portrait lens, 85mm. I don’t normally post about ‘gear’ but I will make an exception as the build ‘feel’, optical results and price are a unique combination. The only thing missing is weather sealing – but then, it is a portrait lens. 7Artisans have …