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Is There Really a Hard Problem of Consciousness? - Dr. Joscha Bach, Artificial Intelligence Researcher
The DemystifySci Podcast
Greg Bear's Blood Music: A Brilliant but Flawed Science Fiction Novel
Greg Beer's 1980s science fiction novel, Blood Music, is both brilliant and terribly written. It explores the idea of AGI taking over the planet through biotech. The protagonist experiments with modifying lymphocytes to enhance their intelligence, but faces obstacles. The story raises scientific issues like the ability of cells to solve mazes and limitations of mechanical computers built inside cells. The author overestimates the cell's capabilities compared to a brain, but acknowledges uncertainty about what can be achieved in cellular computation.
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