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This chapter examines the complex interplay between consciousness and computation in the context of artificial intelligence. It highlights philosophical insights from Leibniz and Wolfram, advocating for a hierarchical model of consciousness that could lead to AI achieving self-awareness.
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Links Mentioned:
William Hahn’s first appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr4R7eh5f_M
William Hahn’s Website: https://hahn.ai/
Jacob Barandes’s first appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWip00iXbo
Lilian Dindo on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hI7JNsbt0
Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4
Stephen Wolfram’s Mindfest presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHPQ_oSsJgg
Curt’s Substack article on Hahn: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/the-hahn-jaimungal-conjecture-the
Michael Levin and Anna Ciaunica on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aLhkm6QUgA&t=81s
What is it like to be a bat? (paper): https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf
TOE’s Consciousness Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDjnEiys98o&t=21s&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal
Karl Friston on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v7LBABwZKA&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal
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