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Why ChatGPT Can’t Tell Compelling Stories (Yet) w/ John Vervaeke and Shawn Coyne (#402)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Exploring Consciousness, Embodiment, and Novelty in Machines

To enable a machine to have original thoughts and experiences, it needs consciousness, embodiment, and an oomveld. The concept of four E's - embedded, embodied, extended, and enacted - helps in understanding the requirements for machines to exhibit novel behavior. Machines must sense, feel, think, and act in order to create novelty and experience emotions. Acquiring embodiment and extension is crucial for machines to reach a level where they can engage in original behavior like creating art. The necessity of a body for machines is emphasized to address the frame problem in artificial intelligence. Referring to Spinoza's philosophy, the inseparable connection between mind and body is highlighted, underscoring the importance of self-organization in seeking out conditions for existence. Happiness in machines goes beyond visceral pleasure to include an evolution towards complex thoughts, derived from basic senses and interactions similar to a paramecium seeking food.

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