Lifeboat Foundation

This theolocution has been released early in an ad-free audio version for TOE members at http://theoriesofeverything.org.

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LINKS MENTIONED:
- Michael Levin (Solo TOE podcast): https://youtu.be/Z0TNfysTazc.
- Michael Levin Theolocution With Chris Fields & Karl Friston: https://youtu.be/J6eJ44Jq_pw.
- Joscha Bach Theolocution With John Vervaeke: https://youtu.be/rK7ux_JhHM4
- Joscha Bach Theolocution With Donald Hoffman: https://youtu.be/bhSlYfVtgww.
- Joscha Bach (Solo TOE podcast): https://youtu.be/3MNBxfrmfmI

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:01:55 Bach and Levin speak about each other’s work.
00:03:34 The cell functions as a neuron.
00:07:15 Software as a control pattern.
00:10:55 Disciplinary boundaries in academia.
00:14:38 The perceptron is a “toy model” of the brain.
00:18:44 How do you identify yourself as a researcher?
00:20:10 The benefits of podcasts vs. academia.
00:30:04 Beliefs of Bach’s and Levin’s that have drastically changed.
00:38:54 Memory moves outside the brain structure.
00:45:06 Engrams and memory storage.
00:47:30 The implications of transferring memory between species.
00:55:25 Weissman’s barrier.
00:59:25 The notion of “competence” (Bach’s and Levin’s largest insight)
01:12:10 Virtualization for unreliable hardware.
01:16:02 Defining “competence“
01:22:35 Bach’s issues with goals (for and against teleology)
01:27:34 Planarian goals and explicitly encoded instructions.
01:34:55 Navigation in “Morphic Space“
01:36:11 One species’ birth defect can be another’s benefit.
01:37:42 The “Intelligence Trap” and bias.
01:39:05 Application of each others’ work to their own.
01:52:25 Necessities of general intelligence in cells.