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333 - John Vervaeke, DC Schindler, Ken Lowry - The Ontology of Artificial Intelligence

The Symbolic World

CHAPTER

Exploring the Essence of Being Alive and AI's Reproductive Nature

Delve into the deep intricacies of understanding life beyond mere bottom-up causation, contemplating the essence of being alive and the limitations machines face in achieving ontological depth. The conversation expands on philosophical implications of evolution, the differences between autopoietic and reproductive AI, and the interplay between form and matter in organisms.

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