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35C3 - The Ghost in the Machine

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Consciousness & cognitionAI safety, AGI & impact

What it is

Joscha Bach's 35C3 talk offers an AI perspective on the soul, covering perception, mental representation, agency, consciousness and selfhood as things that can arise in a computational system like the brain.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters call it lucid and fluff-free, and point to Bach as one of the most interesting voices on AI, consciousness and philosophy.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “the whole talk is incredibly lucid and contains zero fluff or BS”

    Dense, lucid argument that computation supports conscious thought

    jmiskovic, 2020-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Discovering How the Brain Works Through Computation”

  2. “Joscha Bach has an interesting take on how to combine idealism with materalism.”

    Interesting take combining idealism with materialism

    fjfaase, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism”

  3. “He is definitely one of the most interesting people to listen to when it comes to AI, Intelligence and Philosophy.”

    One of several Bach talks on AI and philosophy

    maze-le, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: consciousness, artificial intelligence, joscha bach, cognitive science, philosophy of mind

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