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Michael Levin Λ Joscha Bach on The Global Mind, Collective Intelligence, Agency, and Morphogenesis
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Nov 09, 2022
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Ep 115
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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
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- Joscha Bach Theolocution With Donald Hoffman:
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- Joscha Bach (Solo TOE podcast):
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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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
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Michael Levin Λ Joscha Bach on The Global Mind, Collective Intelligence, Agency, and Morphogenesis | Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
