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

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Unpacking Attention in AI and Consciousness

This chapter explores attention mechanisms in natural language processing and their connection to consciousness, particularly within transformer models. It discusses the evolution of language, the limitations of existing AI frameworks, and philosophical insights on language's role in cognition. Additionally, it examines the neural network structure as a meta-learning system and how evolution shapes our cognitive abilities.

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