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Mentioned in 17 episodes

I Am a Strange Loop

Book • 2007

Author

Douglas Hofstadter

Mentioned by

Mentioned in 17 episodes

Mentioned by

Amjad Masad

as a book exploring AGI, consciousness, and the human vs. machine.

241 snips

Replit CEO Amjad Masad on 1 Billion Developers: A Better End State than AGI?

Mentioned by Andrew Bosworth when discussing the nature of consciousness and its simulation in the brain.

184 snips

Andrew Bosworth on AI, wearables, and mixed reality

Pedro Domingos

is increasingly more of a believer in the concepts presented in it.

118 snips

Pedro Domingos: Tensor Logic Unifies AI Paradigms

Mentioned by

Daniel Dennett

in the context of discussing Hofstadter's work on recursion and self-awareness.

96 snips

78 | Daniel Dennett on Minds, Patterns, and the Scientific Image

Mentioned in the episode description in relation to self-reference and consciousness.

93 snips

Michael Levin - Why Intelligence Isn't Limited To Brains.

Mentioned by

Curt Jaimungal

in relation to his theories about patterns and persistence after death.

87 snips

Jenann Ismael: The Physicist Who Proved Free Will Using Thermodynamics

Mentioned by Carl Friston when discussing the concept of self and consciousness.

48 snips

Joscha Bach Λ Karl Friston: Ai, Death, Self, God, Consciousness

Mentioned by Jim O'Shaughnessy as the inspiration for the name of his podcast, "Infinite Loops", referencing Hofstadter's work on loops and self-reference.

34 snips

Jim O'Shaughnessy: Don't Squander This Age of Innovation

Mentioned by

Andrew Bosworth

as his favorite treatise on consciousness.

34 snips

The Future According to James Cameron

Mentioned by

Tim Scarfe

to illustrate the concept of ontology versus epistemology using a record player example.

29 snips

#103 - Prof. Edward Grefenstette - Language, Semantics, Philosophy

Suggested by

Amjad Masad

as a book that makes the best argument possible for emergence.

25 snips

Amjad Masad of Replit: 10xing in a Year and Building the Future of Code | Frameworks for Growth

Mentioned by

Jim O’Shaughnessy

as he reread "I Am a Strange Loop", reflecting on how infinite recursive loops impact lives.

19 snips

Jason Carman — Filmmaking at the Frontier (EP.260)

Mentioned when describing how Tyler Perry congratulated Michael L. Jackson for his Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

13 snips

Tyler Perry: Homeless to Hollywood entrepreneur

Mentioned by

Bill Duane

in the context of scale, stating that enumerating the daily diary of each soldier would not be useful.

12 snips

Biology, Buddhism and AI: Placing Mindfulness Principles at the Heart of Innovation | Bill Duane

Mentioned by

Andrew Bosworth

as a book exploring consciousness as an emergent property.

Meta's CTO On Its Augmented Reality Dreams — With Andrew Bosworth

Mentioned by

Alexander Ororbia

when discussing theories of consciousness.

Building brain-like AIs, with Alexander Ororbia

Mentioned by Leela as one of the books on Theo's bookshelf.

Fractal Karma by Arula Ratnakar (audio)

Mentioned by

Gabriel Hesch

and

Autumn Phaneuf

as a book exploring self-reference and consciousness.

22: Incomplet (Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid: Chapter IV Discussion)

Mentioned by Andrew Bosworth when discussing the concept of consciousness simulations within the brain and how AI lacks this understanding.

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