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Joscha: From Computation to Consciousness (31c3)

Joscha Bach · talk · Watch on YouTube

Consciousness & cognitionPhilosophy & ethicsMachine learning & deep learning

What it is

Joscha Bach's 31c3 talk argues that the mind should be understood as an information-processing system and that even the physical universe can be seen as computational. It tours the philosophy underlying artificial intelligence and cognitive science.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an inspiring summary of a computational model of mind and a first lecture in a series on the brain as a computer.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “there is also a talk by the author which is a good summary of the article”

    Good summary of the author's functional model of the mind.

    kryptokommunist, 2016-12 · Recommendation · in “Mind as an emergent self-organizing process”

  2. “it's quite inspirational as it gives me hope that creating strong AI might actually help us understand what's going on under our own hoods”

    Inspirational talk suggesting AI may help explain the mind.

    freeflight, 2018-01 · Recommendation · in “Can staying awake beat depression?”

  3. “if you watch it and find it interesting you should check out the proceeding installments.”

    First lecture in a series on the brain as a computer.

    jkachmar, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “How much bandwidth does the spinal cord have?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: consciousness, artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, joscha bach

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