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Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101

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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. Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors:  …...more
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Introduction

0:00

Reverse engineering Joscha Bach

3:14

Nature of truth

10:38

Original thinking

18:47

Sentience vs intelligence

23:14

Mind vs Reality

31:45

Hard problem of consciousness

46:51

Connection between the mind and the universe

51:09

What is consciousness

56:29

Language and concepts

1:02:32

Meta-learning

1:09:02

Spirit

1:16:35

Our civilization may not exist for long

1:18:10

Twitter and social media

1:37:48

What systems of government might work well?

1:44:52

The way out of self-destruction with AI

1:47:12

AI simulating humans to understand its own nature

1:55:18

Reinforcement learning

2:04:32

Commonsense reasoning

2:09:12

Would AGI need to have a body?

2:15:47

Neuralink

2:22:34

Reasoning at the scale of neurons and societies

2:27:01

Role of emotion

2:37:16

Happiness is a cookie that your brain bakes for itself

2:48:03
Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101
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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. Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors: Incredible comment by ernst.gemeint showing some of the topics mentioned:    • Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and ...   EPISODE LINKS: Joscha's Twitter:   / plinz   Joscha's Website: http://bach.ai/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 3:14 - Reverse engineering Joscha Bach 10:38 - Nature of truth 18:47 - Original thinking 23:14 - Sentience vs intelligence 31:45 - Mind vs Reality 46:51 - Hard problem of consciousness 51:09 - Connection between the mind and the universe 56:29 - What is consciousness 1:02:32 - Language and concepts 1:09:02 - Meta-learning 1:16:35 - Spirit 1:18:10 - Our civilization may not exist for long 1:37:48 - Twitter and social media 1:44:52 - What systems of government might work well? 1:47:12 - The way out of self-destruction with AI 1:55:18 - AI simulating humans to understand its own nature 2:04:32 - Reinforcement learning 2:09:12 - Commonsense reasoning 2:15:47 - Would AGI need to have a body? 2:22:34 - Neuralink 2:27:01 - Reasoning at the scale of neurons and societies 2:37:16 - Role of emotion 2:48:03 - Happiness is a cookie that your brain bakes for itself CONNECT:
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