Neural Networks

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The uncanny valley is eventually going to be crossed. We're going to just enjist, all of a go. O, well, ok, i think there's emotion there that weren't there before. Not quite sure what trigger that, but there it is. Something like that. It's not something you can programm. It's just going to happen. U interesting, right? So you're saying it's an emergent property that comes out of these complex systems as they evolve. And at some point the lights come on, or the dimmer switch starts to move a little bit, and and you get a little bit more sentience or consciousness, of which emotions are a

xtraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience have proven that emotions are as critical to our well-being as thinking. In this conversation, Shermer and Mlodinow explore the new science of feelings.

Journeying from the labs of pioneering scientists to real-world scenarios that have flirted with disaster, Mlodinow shows us how our emotions can help, why they sometimes hurt, and what we can learn in both instances.

Shermer and Mlodinow discuss: the difference between emotions and feelings/moods/drives/passions; how the scientific understanding of emotions has changed; thought vs. feeling; system 1 vs. system 2 cognition; mind-body connection: how does our physical state influence what we think & feel?; the neuroscience of emotions: how the brain constructs emotions; Lisa Feldman Barrett challenge to Paul Ekman’s theory of universal emotions; Schachter-Singer theory of emotion; the effects of social context on emotions; and more…