#101 – Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality
June 13, 2020
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Episode 101 · June 13, 2020
#101 – Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality
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#101 – Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality
Summary
<p>Joscha Bach is the VP of Research at the AI Foundation, previously doing research at MIT and Harvard. Joscha work explores the workings of the human mind, intelligence, consciousness, life on Earth, and the possibly-simulated fabric of our universe.</p>
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<p>OUTLINE:<br />
00:00 – Introduction<br />
03:14 – Reverse engineering Joscha Bach<br />
10:38 – Nature of truth<br />
18:47 – Original thinking<br />
23:14 – Sentience vs intelligence<br />
31:45 – Mind vs Reality<br />
46:51 – Hard problem of consciousness<br />
51:09 – Connection between the mind and the universe<br />
56:29 – What is consciousness<br />
1:02:32 – Language and concepts<br />
1:09:02 – Meta-learning<br />
1:16:35 – Spirit<br />
1:18:10 – Our civilization may not exist for long<br />
1:37:48 – Twitter and social media<br />
1:44:52 – What systems of government might work well?<br />