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#101 – Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Reflections on Upbringing and Influences

The speaker reflects on their unique upbringing in a one-person cult-like environment and how it shaped their identity as a nerd. They discuss the books and authors that greatly influenced them and shaped their worldview, including cybernetics, classical philosophers, and German poetry. The chapter also explores the challenge of feeling misunderstood and the concept of discovering objective truths.

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