#21 – Understanding Consciousness with Dr. Matt McCormick
In Algo Podcast Episode 21, Dr. Matt McCormick and Amjad Hussain discuss Consciousness.
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0:00 Episode Preview
0:31 Introduction
2:58 Matt’s Background
5:04 Minimal Requirements For a Mind
6:46 Awareness Theory of Mind
9:32 Self Awareness
11:47 Meta-cognition
12:04 Encountering Alien Machines
13:07 Subjective Experiences
16:40 Hard Problem of Consciousness
19:24 Rudimentary Intuition
23:44 Matter giving rise to subjective experiences
25:33 Alleged Mysteries
27:27 Myth: Consciousness cannot be understood
29:06 Wide Range of Consciousness Views
30:05 Do electrons feel consciousness?
36:34 Philosophy & Religion
41:08 Qualitative states in artificial systems
50:28 Pain & Consciousness
55:14 Consciousness at neural level
57:03 C0 Consciousness
1:01:49 C1 Consciousness
1:03:41 C2 Consciousness
1:04:43 Attention is selective signal enhancement
1:05:50 Building AI agents without attention
1:08:37 Short term memory buffer & tracking of time
1:10:46 Attention & Resource Allocation
1:15:20 AI Systems, Supply Chains & Metaverse
1:23:21 Disrupting subjectivity
1:26:21 Machine Learning & Rule Based Logic
1:31:36 Skepticism of machines having minds
1:33:58 Cell Biology
1:36:01 Superficial Smart Cars
1:40:09 Theory of Mind missing from AI systems
1:43:02 Book Recommendations
1:43:58 Closing Thoughts & Next Episode
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