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#186 – Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Engineering of Consciousness

I'm captivated by our natural predisposition to anthropomorphize things. I think that's what we kind of do to each other. That consciousness is created socially, that like much of the power of consciousness is in the social interaction. And so if you focus on creating the illusion of consciousness, you can create some very fulfilling experiences in software. It would allow me potentially to have much greater empathy for you and understand you as a human.

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