Dr Paul Thagard is a Canadian cognitive scientist and philosopher of mind. He is the author of many interdisciplinary books, including, most recently, "Balance: How it Works and What it Means." In this conversation, KMO and Paul discuss:
- 03:32 – Balance, Paul's book of two parts
- 04:47 – The inner ear and its role in balance
- 06:50 – Comparing balance and scales
- 08:40 – Using metaphors, Scott Adams, and Sam Harris
- 15:52 – Toxic metaphors and AI monitoring live conversations
- 20:00 – How prevalent misinformation is
- 22:52 – Opinions on vaccination
- 23:28 – The notion of consensus reality
- 25:40 – The no-longer binary (strong/weak) nature of AI
- 30:48 – The vacuously eloquent linguistic models
- 34:32 – Panpsychism and its relation to neuroscience
- 37:38 – Neural representation of meaning
- 41:08 – Whether larger brains means more intelligence
- 45:22 – Cats vs Boston Dynamics robots and the generality of human skill
- 47:26 - AI ethics
- 50:20 - Our future moral duties to suffering-capable AI entities
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