Samkhya says the effect pre-exists in the cause, the substrate is inert, and discernment comes before the self. Read as a design note for AGI, it says most of our alignment vocabulary is pointed at the potter and the clay decides more.
AI and agentsYoga and the mind
Topic · Interference
Science and technology
Notes from building infrastructure for machines that see, and from the papers that change how I think.
3 pieces
- EssayOct 17, 2026Every mind has a material cause
- VaiśeṣikaNov 3, 2024An inventory of everything
Nyāya's partner: the realist's list of what there is, down to the atom, with space and time counted as things rather than gaps.
Philosophy - SāṃkhyaMar 12, 2023The clay before the pot
The oldest of the six and the one most often called scientific. Its first move is the question every creation story skips: a maker can shape a pot, but where did the clay come from?
PhilosophyYoga and the mind
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