There's a new book out from a theoretical psychologist called Nick Humphrey. He says that Sentience was obviously a biological trait that arose through natural selection. And among social apes, it was a great advantage to be able to read people's minds. So we're starting to see something like this with chat GPT-4.
In his expansive new book, "Psych: The Story of the Human Mind," Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, lays out, in his words, "basically everything I know about the mind." And when he says everything, he means it. Where does consciousness come from? Does IQ matter? What makes us happy? Was Sigmund Freud a madman? The answers to these questions (and more) are all in Paul's book — and in this episode.
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