We exist inside the story that the brain tells itself (Joscha Bach) | AI Podcast Clips
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Published 2020-06-16
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Joscha Bach, VP of Research at the AI Foundation, previously doing research at MIT and Harvard. Joscha work explores the workings of the human mind, intelligence, consciousness, life on Earth, and the possibly-simulated fabric of our universe.
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All Comments (21)
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Congratulations to all the people who have reached a point in their life where they can absorb this video.
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I need a button that plays Joscha back at .75% and Lex at 1.25% Then play it in a loop till I get the story straight in my head
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I love how this guy can say super insanely complex stuff and yet its understandable.
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This fills me with proud really !! As a Hindu im brought with bedtime stories of my grandfather (from Hindu texts of Upnishads) who used to tell me the same, that this Samsaar is a Maya, ie the whole existence is an grand illusion. One day he told me that we essentially live whole life entirely in either of the three stages Wake, Dream and Deep Sleep, and consciousness is the only witness to these three. Gist of my Grandfather's stories and this modern AI specialist is somewhat same.
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Fridman interviewing God's secretary
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Arrrrh If i am really a story inside my brain, I wish I could come up with something better
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This is why when people tell me, "You're smart." I just kinda shake my head at them and walk away.
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Something I will forever take away from Lex is how truly thankful and humble he remains to technology, the pursuit of knowledge, and life's givings. Every show he says how grateful he is to have the internet and be able to do the thing's he does in this day and age. For all the doom and gloom and endless questions his spirit remains. Keep up the great work.
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This feels like someone not used to explaining things to mere mortals.
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Never knew that reading the comments could be reassuring, freightening and hilarious at the same time.
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The best thing is that when he spoke about it, it feels right under my skin, like instinctively i was loooking for this, all philosophers, religions and science I explored seem to point in the same direction of what Mr Bach so clearly presented.
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I like the way Joscha's eyes light up (basically they just widen but I'm being poetic) as he delivers his information. And there is an impressive consistency to his reasoning. Fascinating stuff.
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This was one of the most fascinating discussions I have ever heard. I think I need to listen to it about 5 more times to really internalize the ideas.
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Joscha keeps widening his eyes and blasting knowledge beams every few seconds at Lex’s windows. You can see the curtains catch fire at a few points and smoke billow out of the chimneys. Great clip!
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My brain created this video for me to watch and i still have a hard time processing the information from it.
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This is the exact realization and understanding that psychedelics shows you
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This is the first time that I've seen Lex appear to be a little "sweaty", maybe to much coffee, maybe struggle with these ideas. Joscha is talkin' as if he's at the kitchen table going over yesterday's events. Very much a mind blowing episode...great job.
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When Lex closes his eyes and attempts to understand that's my sign that I'm completely lost.
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Listening a second time and .75 speed and it’s sinking in a bit better. What a brilliant guy, who can speak about these things effortlessly and so quickly!
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Ultimately this is conceptual semantics. In the same way that our brain constructs a representation of the physical world, Joscha is constructing synthetic ontologies out of language. It's no more or less real than anything else.
