Joscha Bach is a German artificial intelligence researcher and cognitive scientist who works on on cognitive architectures, mental representation, emotion, social modeling, and multi-agent systems. We got connected over the hard problem of consciousness — namely, why do people seem to think it’s so hard? During our conversation we deal with the foundational questions of the technological future being built in Silicon Valley, the fever dream of machine intelligence, and try to understand why people seem to think that there’s even such a thing as the hard problem of consciousness in the first place.
00:00:00 Go! 00:04:09 Career Advice. 00:11:31 Beauty, Grace, & Hotness. 00:13:48 Putting on Airs. 00:22:32 Patreon Ask. 00:22:33 Winning for the sake of winning. 00:29:35 Transformative experiences. 00:36:25 Speciation event, or crap again? 00:42:17 Who is Joscha Bach. 00:52:39 Physics & Causality. 01:00:52 Physics vs Biology. 01:12:16 Life vs Cells. 01:20:14 Biosynthetic AGI 01:28:15 Creativity & Novelty. 01:38:52 Wetware & Neuromorphic computing. 01:50:46 The Limits of Hardware. 02:05:07 The value of Agency. 02:15:47 Layers of Society. 02:35:03 Chimp Empire. 02:52:31 Collapse. 03:05:13 The Hard Problem. 03:43:28 Computer Imagination. 04:02:52 How reasoning works. 04:14:28 Reward Functions. 04:20:01 Consciousness dreams. 04:25:35 The heart of the disagreement. 04:30:15 Consensus.
An estimated one in five Americans live with chronic pain and current treatment options leave much to be desired. Feixiong Cheng, Ph.D., Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Genome Center, and IBM are using artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery in advanced pain management. The team’s deep-learning framework identified multiple gut microbiome-derived metabolites and FDA-approved drugs that can be repurposed to select non-addictive, non-opioid options to treat chronic pain.
The findings, published in Cell Press, represent one of many ways the organizations’ Discovery Accelerator partnership is helping to advance research in healthcare and life sciences.
Treating chronic pain with opioids is still a challenge due to the risk of severe side effects and dependency, says co-first author Yunguang Qiu, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Cheng’s lab whose research program focuses on developing therapeutics for nervous system disorders. Recent evidence has shown that drugging a specific subset of pain receptors in a protein class called G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can provide non-addictive, non-opioid pain relief. The question is how to target those receptors, Dr. Qiu explains.
A new photonic processor efficiently solves complex NP-complete problems using light, offering faster computation and scalability for future applications in optical neural networks and quantum computing.
As technology continues to evolve, the limitations of traditional electronic computers are becoming more evident, particularly when addressing highly complex computational problems. NP-complete problems, which grow exponentially in difficulty as their size increases, are among the most challenging in computer science. These issues affect a wide range of fields, from biomedicine to transportation and manufacturing. To find more efficient solutions, researchers are turning to alternative computing methods, with optical computing showing significant promise.
Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University and associate faculty at the Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard University. @drmichaellevin holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. Prior to college, Michael Levin worked as a software engineer and independent contractor in the field of scientific computing. He attended Tufts University, interested in artificial intelligence and unconventional computation. To explore the algorithms by which the biological world implemented complex adaptive behavior, he got dual B.S. degrees, in CS and in Biology and then received a PhD from Harvard University. He did post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School, where he began to uncover a new bioelectric language by which cells coordinate their activity during embryogenesis. His independent laboratory develops new molecular-genetic and conceptual tools to probe large-scale information processing in regeneration, embryogenesis, and cancer suppression.
TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Introduction. 1:41 — Creating High-level General Intelligences. 7:00 — Ethical implications of Diverse Intelligence beyond AI & LLMs. 10:30 — Solving the Fundamental Paradox that faces all Species. 15:00 — Evolution creates Problem Solving Agents & the Self is a Dynamical Construct. 23:00 — Mike on Stephen Grossberg. 26:20 — A Formal Definition of Diverse Intelligence (DI) 30:50 — Intimate relationships with AI? Importance of Cognitive Light Cones. 38:00 — Cyborgs, hybrids, chimeras, & a new concept called “Synthbiosis“ 45:51 — Importance of the symbiotic relationship between Science & Philosophy. 53:00 — The Space of Possible Minds. 58:30 — Is Mike Playing God? 1:02:45 — A path forward: through the ethics filter for civilization. 1:09:00 — Mike on Daniel Dennett (RIP) 1:14:02 — An Ethical Synthbiosis that goes beyond “are you real or faking it“ 1:25:47 — Conclusion.
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The world of personal AI assistants is crowded. No doubt, you’ve probably seen or heard a cacophony of complaints around the recent launches of AI-powered gadgets that are meant to act as personal assistants, while minimizing use of your smartphone. We’ve seen the reviewers trash the Humane AI Pin, and the Teenage Engineering-designed, Rabbit R1.
Here’s Malur Narayan of Latimer AI sharing about removing bias, and setting a standard for identifying and measuring it in artificial intelligence systems, and LLM’s.
Malur is a tech leader in AI / ML, mobile, quantum, and is an advocate of tech for good, and responsible AI.
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Malur Narayan is a tech leader in AI/ML, Mobile, Quantum and Tech for Good. He focuses on three different principals: Equity, Sustainability, and Mental Health. Malur is a board member, eternal optimist and a forever student.
Viktoria Soltesz is the founder and CEO of PSP Angels Group, an independent payment consulting firm. PSP Angels is an independent payment and banking consultancy firm. In this interview leading up to the Fin+AI 2024 Conference we discuss a variety of topics related to moving money.
Viktoria will be presenting at the upcoming Fin+AI 2024 Conference, October 2–4, 2024 at Le Meridien in Dania Beach, Florida. For complete information and registration please visit:
Here’s viktoria soltesz, founder and CEO of PSP angels group.
Viktoria is the author of the new book “Moving Money: How Banks Think”, now available on Amazon.
Viktoria will be presenting at the upcoming Fin+AI 2024 Conference, October 2–4, 2024 at Le Meridien Hotel in Dania Beach, Florida.
Viktoria Soltesz is the founder and CEO of PSP Angels Group, an independent payment consulting firm. PSP Angels is an independent payment and banking consultancy firm. In this interview leading up to the Fin+AI 2024 Conference we discuss a variety of topics related to moving money.
Sarah Baldeo is an experienced neuroscientist, technologist, corporate strategist and entrepreneur, closing on 20 years of leadership experience. Sarah shares her experience in working with banks, payment providers, insurance, and other enterprise organizations. Sarah shares her perspective on AI, Quantum, Blockchain and other technologies.
In 2023 Sarah graced more than 50 stages, and gave 24 keynotes, was featured on 960AM radio, and most recently nominated for the DMZ 2024 Women of the Year Award & the Top 25 Women of Influence Award. You may have even seen her on TV during the Wimbledon Open Commercials!
