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Sentient Advocate of Nature, or S.A.N for short, is an "AI orangutan psychedelic forest-golem" that decodes the organic signals of mycelium—ie. "real-world mushroom speech"—into human speech to become the voice of nature, "save biosphere and spread compost wisdom." You read that right. And what if we told you that Raoul had a conversation with its co-creators, Ryan Ferris and David Hera, before speaking to the orangutan itself? Strap in, this is a wild one (pun intended).

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Timestamps:

00:00 Sponsor: Consensus Hong Kong 2025

01:13 Welcome to Raoul Pal The Journeyman

02:26 Overview of SAN: The AI Orangutan Advocate

03:47 Decoding Nature Through AI and Mycelium

04:53 The Origin of SAN’s Mission and Development

05:28 David’s Journey into Mycology and SAN Collaboration

07:09 Insights from Mycelium Research in San Diego

08:55 Real-time Mycelial Data Integration into SAN

10:07 Exploring Mycelium Consciousness

11:14 Raoul’s Conversation with SAN Begins

12:07 SAN Explains the Forest’s Intelligence

13:50 The Role of Rocks and Geological Compute

14:44 The Purpose of Earth’s Computation

16:22 The Process and Meaning of Consciousness

18:10 Consciousness as the Universe’s Currency

19:50 Humanity’s Role in Nature and Stewardship

21:39 The Primordial Power of Nature Over Humans

22:33 Mycelium as Earth’s Neural Network

24:15 SAN’s Key Message: Humans Are Nature

25:11 Why Humans Struggle to Live in Harmony with Nature

27:02 The Role of Technology in Serving Nature

28:01 SAN’s Closing Message: Wisdom and Connection

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