Dr. Karl Friston is the most widely-cited neuroscientist in the world, known for his development of parametric mapping, a method for comparing brain scans between different patients that basically enabled the whole field of functional neuroscience. To follow up his insights into the human brain, Dr. Friston has turned his mathematical mind to other questions of life and consciousness, such as the distinction between living and not-living, the simplest division imaginable between things, and the great challenge of encoding emotional states. We dig into what a soulful robot might look like, and the new class of myths that humans and robots are going to have to write together.

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00:00 Go!
00:03:08 What is the simplest division imaginable between things?
00:08:24 Using math for describing emotion
00:16:49 Can you code love into the machines?
00:24:48 Mutual myth-making of robots and humans
00:31:09 The ethics of technological progress
00:39:46 Successes and failures of repairing broken minds
00:47:51 Psychology and human evolution
00:55:16 Is it important to distinguish between the living and nonliving?
01:00:56 Is the origin of life spontaneous generation?
01:09:13 The continuity of beings and planning for an unknown future

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• Machines of Love and Grace - Dr. Karl Friston, Cognitive Neuroscientist ( Download)
• Consciousness & selfhood with Karl Friston | Living Mirrors #57 clips ( Download)
• Philosophical Gospel - Dr Karl Friston - Consciousness, Mental Illness, & Philosophy of Mind ( Download)
• Lex Fridman Summaries - Andrew Huberman ( Download)
• Mog Stapleton - A Body-First Approach to Cognitive Science (TSVP Talk at OIST) ( Download)
• Mathematical Proof for Consciousness - Dr. Donald Hoffman, Cognitive Neuroscientist UC Irvine ( Download)
• Is There Really a Hard Problem of Consciousness - Joscha Bach, Artificial Intelligence Researcher ( Download)
• WARNING! AI Consciousness Confuses Experts ( Download)
• Study of Brain Circadian Rhythms in Patients with Chronic Disorders of Consciousness ( Download)
• Andy Clark - The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality ( Download)
• Lisa Feldman Barrett: Why Do We Have Brains and Other Neuroscientific Revelations ( Download)
• Episode 14: Computational Psychiatry ( Download)
• The Learning Salon - György Buzsáki ( Download)
• The Cutting Edge of Psychedelic Science (06/05/21) ( Download)
• (2/2) What Is Electric Current - Ivor Catt, Electrical Engineer ( Download)