Mind Matters

By: Discovery Institute Center on Natural and Artificial Intelligence
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  • On the Mind Matters podcast, Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence considers the implications and misconceptions, the opportunities and limitations, and the applications and challenges presented by intelligent agents and their algorithms. Episode notes and archives available at mindmatters.ai/podcast.
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Episodes
  • Consciousness, Materialism, and the Limits of Reductionism

    Consciousness, Materialism, and the Limits of Reductionism
    Nov 7 2024
    On this episode, host Pat Flynn concludes a three-part conversation with Dr. Selmer Bringsjord about all things related to AI, consciousness, and rationality. In Part 3, Flynn and Bringsjord summarize their points about integrated information theory and an alternative view, cognitive consciousness. The discussion explores the challenges of explaining consciousness from a materialist or physicalist perspective, noting the apparent qualitative Read More › Source
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  • How Human Trafficking Flourishes in the Age of Social Media and How We Can Push Back

    How Human Trafficking Flourishes in the Age of Social Media and How We Can Push Back
    Oct 31 2024
    It’s tempting to think that human trafficking is a problem in a far-away land. Unfortunately, it’s much closer. Like in our back yard closer. On this episode, host Robert J. Marks speaks with Charlie Crockett, head educational trainer with Unbound Now, an organization that works to combat human trafficking through education, training, victim services, and partnerships with law enforcement. The Read More › Source
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  • Consciousness Conundrum: Integrated Information Theory vs. Cognitive Consciousness

    Consciousness Conundrum: Integrated Information Theory vs. Cognitive Consciousness
    Oct 24 2024
    On this episode, host Pat Flynn continues a three-part conversation with Dr. Selmer Bringsjord about all things related to AI, consciousness, and rationality. In Part 2, the discussion turns to Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and its claims about consciousness. IIT proposes that consciousness arises from the degree of informational integration in a system, so more integrated systems would have higher Read More › Source
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A long gray -bearded man, Mr Kastrup?

Characterizing the Christian God in that shallow way in order to firm up your reason for doubting a self reflecting Creator... is a profound philosophical weakness.

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