Audience of One #053 - Joscha Bach on Modeling Reality & Self-Organizing Software
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Feb 7, 2024 
Joscha Bach, a cognitive scientist and AI researcher, discusses our relationship with reality, self-organizing software, creativity, curiosity, and stages of development. They explore topics such as fear, consciousness, presence, curiosity as uncertainty reduction, combating social norms, animism, natural vs. human-created software, AGI, and limitations of sensory inputs. They also touch on the convergence of global traditions, Buddhism, and building a coherent world together.
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Consciousness and Self
- Consciousness is perceiving that you are perceiving something.
- The self is a model of who you are, a content of consciousness, but not consciousness itself.
Coarse Perception
- We are coarse patterns on top of base reality, not the mechanical layer itself.
- Our perception is limited by neuronal resolution, creating a coarse-grained view.
Self-Transformative Exploration
- Creativity involves novelty, disruption, and self-transformation.
- It's about producing something new and changing yourself through the process.