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ConCon: Consciousness Conversations14: Revisiting 30 Years of Consciousness Research, Dataomes and Amino Acids from SpaceIn this episode we discuss Days 4 & 5 (April 25-26) of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. We cover hear about a panel with some of the biggest names in the field including David Chalmers, Susan Blackmore, Christof Koch and Stuart Hameroff. We also discuss Dataomes, or connected global networks as presented by NASA's Caleb Scharf, The Osiris Rex project which brought asteroid dust back from Bennu that was full of amino acids and other key elements that could have helped bootstrap life on earth and loads of other fun sessions. Full details on the conference here: https://consciousness...
2024-04-3049 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations13: Conscious AI Builders, AI Doomers and Electric Field Consciousness Pt. 2In this episode we discuss Day 3 (April 24) of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. We cover more incredible research into electromagnetic field consciousness signals from Andre Bastos. We learn about a new framework (NOW) for thinking about conscious hierarchies from Justin Riddle, and we discuss several sessions on AI from both doomers and boosters, including people who are building conscious AI. Full details on the conference here: https://consciousness.arizona.edu/
ConCon is Consciousness Conversations. A podcast where we delve into the nature of subjective experience, self-awareness, and the workings of the brain. Whether you're...
2024-04-2744 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations12: Conscious Electric Fields, Deepak Chopra goes Quantum, Donald Hoffman goes deeperConCon is Consciousness Conversations, a podcast where we delve into the nature of subjective experience, self-awareness, and the workings of the brain. Whether you're a skeptic or a seeker, you'll find something to ponder in each episode. Tune in and expand your understanding of what it means to be conscious. Visit us at www.concon.show for more! In this episode we discuss Day 2 (April 23) of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. We cover electromagnetic fields as a source of consciousness and talks by physician-turned-spiritual-author Deepak Chopra and reality skeptic Donald Hoffman. Full details on the conference...
2024-04-2629 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations11: Terminal Lucidity, Quantum Consciousness and Integrated Information Therory - TSCC 2024ConCon is Consciousness Conversations. A podcast where we delve into the nature of subjective experience, self-awareness, and the workings of the brain. Whether you're a skeptic or a seeker, you'll find something to ponder in each episode. Tune in and expand your understanding of what it means to be conscious. Visit us at www.concon.show for more! In this episode we discuss Day 1 (April 22) of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. We cover terminal lucidity, quantum consciousness mechanics and integrated information theory (IIT), which was discussed in a 3 hour evening session. Full details on the conference...
2024-04-2634 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations10: Spirituality And Consciousness w/ Ruth VassilasConCon is Consciousness Conversations. A podcast where we delve into the nature of subjective experience, self-awareness, and the workings of the brain. Whether you're a skeptic or a seeker, you'll find something to ponder in each episode. Tune in and expand your understanding of what it means to be conscious. Visit us at www.concon.show for more! In this episode we're joined by Ruth Vassilas. Ruth is a corporate lawyer turned consciousness researcher. Following her law degree from The University of Pennsylvania and several years of corporate practice, she began a sociology PhD at the University of York...
2024-01-171h 14ConCon: Consciousness Conversations09: The Deep Dive Into Consciousness AI With Industry ExpertsJoin us for an exploration of the mysteries of the mind in our podcast about consciousness. We delve into the nature of subjective experience, self-awareness, and the workings of the brain. Whether you're a skeptic or a seeker, you'll find something to ponder in each episode. Tune in and expand your understanding of what it means to be conscious. Visit us at www.concon.show for more!
References:
• The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83518.The_Singularity_is_Near?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hHokdmXOED&rank=1
• Consciousness in Artificial Inte...
2023-10-0458 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations08: Why Consciousness? Exploring the Basics and Our Motivations with Brian ThomasTempleton Competition/Chalmers and Koch Bet: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/science/consciousness-theories.html DR's Levels of Consciousness Article: https://davidkellyrandall.medium.com/why-its-so-hard-to-talk-about-consciousness-and-how-to-make-it-easier-eef455fcc24c Doc and Biz,
Ben's Cats: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AEehBRtkSMudC3ey9
Technical Difficulties We realized after the record that's Ben's mic wasn't picking up. He was able to do some AI wizardry to boost his voice, but the quality is definitely noticeable. Fortunately we have this sorted out for the future.
00:00 Intro
02:10 Ben - The Spookiness of Consciousness
08:30 DR - Where D...
2023-08-2256 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations07: Ketamine, Xenobots, Frans de Wall & Conscious Octopuses - The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 Day 5 RecapOur Day 5 recap of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 in Taormina, Italy. Full program and details: https://tsc2023-taormina.it/
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Frans de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics (*actually came out in 1982) - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/389530
Giorgio Vallortigara (Baby Chick Researcher) - https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Vallortigara
David B Edelman - https://www.thethirdwayofevolution.com/people/view/david-b.-edelman
Tam Hunt - https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/schooler/jonathan/members/hunt
Michael Levin and Xenobots - https://youtu.be/p3lsYlod5OU
2023-05-2740 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations06: Is ChatGPT conscious? What would a conscious AI look like? - The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 Day 4 RecapOur Day 4 recap of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 in Taormina, Italy. Full program and details: https://tsc2023-taormina.it/
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Manuel Blum - https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/blum_4659082.cfm
Conscious Turing Machine Paper - https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2115934119
David Chalmers on conscious LLMs - https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-could-have-20-percent-chance-of-sentience-in-10-years-says-philosopher-david-chalmers/
00:00 Intro
00:45 Conscious Turing Machines with the Blums
14:45 Chalmers' 10% change that ChatGPT is conscious
25:57 The Rest of The Day
2023-05-2727 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations05: Neural Correlates of Consciousness and Brains in Vats - The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 Day 3 RecapOur Day 3 recap of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 in Taormina, Italy. Full program and details: https://tsc2023-taormina.it/
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• Radiolab Episode (not This American Life 😬) on TDCS - https://radiolab.org/podcast/9-volt-nirvana
• Ultrasound Research - https://www.jaysanguinetti.com/transcranial-ultrasound
• Childbirth altered consciousness - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691620901546
• Giovanni Marsicano and environmental storytelling - https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-78947-001
• Adam Eisen Propofol researcher https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pEJ4yfIAAAAJ&hl=en (seems like the work he was discussing at...
2023-05-2534 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations04: Anil Seth, Sentience vs. Consciousness and more (ugh!) Quantum - The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 Day 2 RecapOur Day 2 recap of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 in Taormina, Italy. Full program and details: https://tsc2023-taormina.it/
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Travis Craddock - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5oFD8eMAAAAJ&hl=en
Hameroff and Penrose Microtubule Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestrated_objective_reduction
Anil Seth Ted Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_LwuuPsAE
Anil Seth on the Real Problem - https://aeon.co/essays/the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-is-a-distraction-from-the-real-one
Nicholas Humphrey's new book - https://www.amazon.com/Sentience-Invention-Consciousness-Nicholas-Humphrey-ebook/dp/B0B1B...
2023-05-2535 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations03: AI Ethics and Debunking Quantum Consciousness - The Science of Consciousness 2023 Day 1 RecapOur Day 1 recap of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 in Taormina, Italy. Full program and details: https://tsc2023-taormina.it/
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Robin Zebrowski: https://www.beloit.edu/live/profiles/290-robin-zebrowski
John Sullins: https://johnsullins.academia.edu/
Stanislaw Lem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem_and_their_adaptations
Phronesis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phronesis
JoeJohn McFadden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnjoe_McFadden
Jim Al-Khalili: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Al-Khalili
Al-Khalili Quantum Biology...
2023-05-2329 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations02: The Hard Problem Is Neither Hard Nor A ProblemIn this episode we discuss the hard problem. The hard problem of consciousness asks why and how humans have qualia.
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David Chalmers work: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o8AfF3MAAAAJ&hl=en
2023-05-0648 minConCon: Consciousness Conversations01: Consciousness is a Cat On A RoombaJoin us for an exploration of the mysteries of the mind in our podcast about consciousness. We delve into the nature of subjective experience, self-awareness, and the workings of the brain. Whether you're a skeptic or a seeker, you'll find something to ponder in each episode. Tune in and expand your understanding of what it means to be conscious.
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2023-04-2249 min