Joscha Bach is the 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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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
3:14 - Reverse engineering Joscha Bach
10:38 - Nature of truth
18:47 - Original thinking
23:14 - Sentience vs intelligence
31:45 - Mind vs Reality
46:51 - Hard problem of consciousness
51:09 - Connection between the mind and the universe
56:29 - What is consciousness
1:02:32 - Language and concepts
1:09:02 - Meta-learning
1:16:35 - Spirit
1:18:10 - Our civilization may not exist for long
1:37:48 - Twitter and social media
1:44:52 - What systems of government might work well?
1:47:12 - The way out of self-destruction with AI
1:55:18 - AI simulating humans to understand its own nature
2:04:32 - Reinforcement learning
2:09:12 - Commonsense reasoning
2:15:47 - Would AGI need to have a body?
2:22:34 - Neuralink
2:27:01 - Reasoning at the scale of neurons and societies
2:37:16 - Role of emotion
2:48:03 - Happiness is a cookie that your brain bakes for itself

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• Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101 ( Download)
• Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #212 ( Download)
• Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans | Lex Fridman Podcast #392 ( Download)
• Ep1. Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality ( Download)
• Your Future & Reality Will Change Forever: AI, God, Consciousness & Simulation Theory | Joscha Bach ( Download)
• 播客-Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101 ( Download)
• Happiness is a cookie that your brain bakes for itself (Joscha Bach) | AI Podcast Clips ( Download)
• Joscha Bach: We don't exist in the physical world. We exist in the story that the brain tells itself ( Download)
• Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #234 ( Download)
• AI Simulating Humans to Understand Itself (Joscha Bach) | AI Podcast Clips ( Download)
• Joscha Bach & Lex Fridman Meaning of Life ( Download)
• Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox - Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #370 ( Download)
• Joscha Bach & Lex Fridman: Artificial Consciousness & Reality - Theory of Every0ne Live 6.7.22 ( Download)
• Joscha Bach on e/acc (effective accelerationism) movement | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips ( Download)
• Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind | Lex Fridman Podcast #261 ( Download)