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Dezhi Luo

Hall of Fame

Lists of things that are my favorites in their respective categories, matter a lot to me, or appeals to me in mysterious ways.
(most of the lists are not going to make much sense)

  1. Papers
  2. Novels
  3. Short Stories
  4. Movies
  5. Albums
  6. Randoms
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Papers

By year
(I am attempting to keep a top 10 favorite each year)

· 2024:

  1. Quality space computations for consciousness (TiCS) – Stephen M. Fleming & Nicholas Shea
  2. Concepts are specifically structured and handled mental files (CogSci 46) – Francesco Marchi & Albert Newen
  3. Fear beyond danger (MILA) – Frédérique de Vignemont
  4. Episodic memory without autonoetic consciousness (Phil. Trans. B) – Felipe De Brigard
  5. Beyond preferences in AI alignment (Phil. Stud.) – Tan Zhi-Xuan, Micael Carroll, Majita Franklin, & Hal Ashton
  6. Sources of richness and ineffability for phenomenally conscious states (Neuroscience of Consciousness) – Xu Ji, Eric Elmoznino, George Deane, Axel Constant, Guillaume Dumas, Guillaume Lajoie, Jonathan Simon, & Yoshua Bengio
  7. Implementing artificial consciousness (MILA) – Leonard Dung & Luke Kersten
  8. Sensory horizon and the functions of conscious vision (BBS) – Stephen M. Fleming & Matthias Michel
  9. Taking AI welfare seriously (arXiv) – Robert Long, Jeff Sebo, Patrick Butlin, Kathleen Finlinson, Kyle Fish, Jacqueline Harding, Jacob Pfau, Toni Sims, Jonathan Birch, & David Chalmers
  10. Simulacra as conscious exotica (Inquiry) – Murray Shanahan

All time

· A higher-order theory of emotional consciousness (PNAS; 2017) – Joseph E. LeDoux & Richard Brown

· Access for what? Reflective consciousness (BBS Commentary; 2007) – Michael Snodgrass & Scott A. Lepisto

· Belief is weak (Phil. Stud.) – John Hawthorne, Daniel Rothschild, & Levi Spectre

· Consciousness, metacognition, & perceptual reality monitoring (2019) – Hakwan Lau

· Does ‘consciousness’ exist? (JoP; 1904) – William James

· Perceptual symbol systems (BBS; 1999) – Lawrence W. Barsalou

· Preadaptation and the puzzles and properties of pleasure (1999) – Paul Rozin

· Self and substance (Phil. Perspect.; 1997) – Sydney Shoemaker

· The intentional stance (1991) – Daniel C. Dennett

· The language of thought (1975) – Jerry A. Fodor

· The psychology of intelligence (1950) – Jean Piaget

· Thinking sex: Notes for a radical theory of the politics of sexuality (1984) – Gayle S. Rubin

Novels

· Aliens & Anorexia (2000) – Chris Kraus

· Autobiography of Red (1998) – Anne Carson

· Pussy, King of the Pirates (1996) – Kathy Acker

· The City & the City (2009) – China Miéville

· The Lord of the Rings (1937-1949) – JRRT

· The Royal Family (2020) – William T. Vollmann

· Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869-1870) – Vernes

Short Stories

· Everything and Nothing (1960) – Jorge Luis Borges

· Light is Like Water (1978) – Gabriel García Márquez

· Sandkings (1979) – George R. R. Martin

· The Dead (1914) – James Joyce

· The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1973) – Ursula K. Le Guin

· The Snow of Kilimanjaro (1936) – Ernest Hemingway

· The Story of Hair (1920) – Lu Xun

Movies

· Blade Runner (1982)

· Pulp Fiction (1994)

(I rarely see movies)

Albums

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Randoms

· Balsamic Vinegar

· Blahaj the Shark

· Cicada

· Edamame

· OPPO A59S

· San Pellegrino (500 ml; plastic bottle)

· Stiga Nano Offensive Wood

· Lujiazui Bikepath

· The driveway behind Haidian Theater

· The Ride of the Rohirrim

· The Supernote Discussion

· Three Spring Bay