Talk of Today The Free Energy Principle, Consciousness & Psychedelics with Dr. Adam Safron
May 24, 2021
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
How I Got Interested in Neuroscience From a Young Age
02:46 • 2min
The Free Energy Principle
04:25 • 6min
The Bayesian Auto-Pooises of Life
10:08 • 3min
The Information Theoretic Concept of Surprising
12:47 • 4min
The Free Energy Principle
16:24 • 2min
The Free Energy Principle and the Process Theory
18:02 • 4min
The Differences Between the System and the Inactivist School
21:49 • 3min
The Diversity of Thoughts Within Free Energy
24:26 • 2min
The Separation of Models in My Body
26:04 • 2min
The Role of Mind in Consciousness
28:15 • 2min
The Financial Principle and Intelligence
30:04 • 2min
Creativity and Curiosity Trump Intelligence
31:56 • 3min
The Effects of Aphantasia on Cognitive Function
35:14 • 2min
The Role of Sexual Prokula in Cognitive Development
37:40 • 5min
How to Make AI Systems Safe
43:04 • 4min
The Bootstrapping of Intelligence Trap
47:08 • 3min
The Importance of Relevance in Machine Learning
49:40 • 2min
The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence
51:17 • 2min
Artificial Intelligence and Values Are Orthogonal
53:08 • 2min
The Importance of Language and Social Learning
54:46 • 4min
The Importance of Creativity
58:30 • 2min
The Ethics of Knowledge
01:00:56 • 3min
The Importance of Good Enough
01:03:46 • 4min
The Evolution of Memes
01:07:36 • 3min
The Big Five Psychological Traits
01:10:45 • 2min
The Six Factor Structure of Personality
01:12:37 • 3min
The Cost of Generalizability
01:15:25 • 2min
The Cybernetic Big Five
01:17:49 • 3min
The History of Cybernetics
01:20:46 • 3min
The Free Energy Principle: A Thread of Stability and Plasticity
01:23:22 • 2min
The Role of Plasticity in Society
01:24:56 • 5min
The Relationship Between Stability and Plasticity in Complex Adaptive Systems
01:30:09 • 3min
The Importance of Adapting to the World
01:33:24 • 4min
The Importance of Uncertainty
01:37:28 • 3min
The Coronavirus: A Wake Up Call for Coexistence
01:40:13 • 2min
The Importance of Complexity in Human Survival
01:42:03 • 3min
The Importance of Intuition
01:44:41 • 4min
The Importance of Complexity Measures in Adaptive Systems
01:48:55 • 3min
The Meta Process That Enables Us to Survive
01:51:40 • 2min
The Importance of Metacognition
01:53:49 • 3min
The Importance of Consciousness
01:56:19 • 5min
The Importance of Coherence Properties in Consciousness
02:01:03 • 4min
How to Model Sensory Engagement and Produce an Experienced World
02:05:20 • 4min
How to Navigate Action Perception Cycles
02:09:18 • 3min
The Importance of Integrating Information
02:12:25 • 2min
How to Measure Irreducible Complexity in a System
02:14:17 • 3min
The Complexity of Consciousness
02:17:02 • 4min
The Taxonomy of Consciousness
02:20:51 • 4min
The Importance of Agency in Free Will
02:24:22 • 4min
The Limits of Materialism and Determinism
02:28:20 • 5min
The Unitary Self
02:33:29 • 2min
The Power of Narrative Gravity
02:35:19 • 5min
The Importance of Consciousness
02:40:16 • 3min
The Rebus Model and Beliefs
02:42:59 • 2min
The Rhevus Model of the Intense Full-Blown Psychedelic Experience
02:45:03 • 4min
The Benefits of Mind Manifesting
02:49:30 • 4min
The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Fatigue
02:53:02 • 3min
The Effects of Predictive Coding on Consciousness
02:55:59 • 3min
How to Meditate With an EEG Headband
02:59:02 • 3min
The Effect of DMT on the Hippocampus System
03:02:00 • 2min
The Effect of Stoned Minds on the Mind
03:03:49 • 3min
The Conscious Apprehensive
03:06:26 • 2min
Synchrony and the Free Energy Principle
03:08:56 • 2min
The Free Energy Principle and Auto-Police
03:11:19 • 3min
The Evolution of Life
03:14:18 • 5min
The Importance of Hierarchical Modeling in Life
03:18:50 • 2min
How to Be a Better Scientist
03:21:03 • 2min