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William Hahn is Director of AGI & AI Safety and the founder of Hahn AI, a company that develops cutting-edge AI solutions. William is a technologist and researcher, specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence, programming languages, and the nature of consciousness.SPONSOR (THE ECONOMIST): As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toeJoin my newly launched Substack: https://curtjaimungal.substack.comLINKS:- Snow Crash (book): https://amzn.to/3zYqJb9- Center for the Future Mind (website): https://www.fau.edu/future-mind/- Archive of Alan Turing’s papers: https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/- Richard Hamming’s lecture series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30- Iain McGilchrist on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-SgOwc6Pe4- Gregory Chaitin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guQIkV6yCik- Mindfest playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlOPw7Hqkc6-MXEMBy0fnZcb- Susan Schneider’s website: https://schneiderwebsite.com/index.html- Susan Schneider’s Google talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwVKXKlU1GU- William Hahn’s short course series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKoZnCEAIkvkvyVpbqx71EMT8BLpD6Oaq- Ekkolapto’s Polymath project: https://www.ekkolapto.org/polymath- Ekkolapto’s event page: https://ekkolapto.substack.com/- HyperPhysics website: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html- Joscha Bach and Michael Levin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgMFnfB5E_A- Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4- Curt on Julian Dorey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mKNGo9JLQSupport TOE on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!)TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Introduction02:30 - AI’s Impact on Language and Human Thought05:10 - Mind as a Programmable System and Historical Metaphors08:45 - Society of Mind Theory and AI Agents11:30 - Consciousness, Awareness, and Metacognition15:00 - Free Will, Emotions, and Unconscious Programming18:40 - Brain as an Immune System and Handling Unthinkable Thoughts22:50 - Informational Parasites, Memes, and Nam Shub of Enki28:15 - AI Security: Vulnerabilities and Protecting Minds33:00 - The Cultural Shift: AI’s Influence on Psychology37:45 - Historical Secrecy in AI and Government Role42:30 - AI’s Evolution: Role of Data, Hardware, and Differentiation47:20 - Speculating on Hidden AI Capabilities and Advanced Systems51:10 - Richard Hamming’s Insights on Learning and Ambiguity57:10 - Revisiting Ancient Knowledge and Advanced Civilizations01:03:30 - Artifacts of Ancient Technology and Modern Interpretations01:09:10 - Defining Meaning, Spirit, and Information in AI01:14:35 - Wolfram’s Physics Model and Emergent Computation01:20:00 - Computational Models of Consciousness and Mind01:27:28 - Wolfram's Symbolic Language and Analog Computing01:34:00 - Agent-Based Programming and AI Evolution01:39:10 - Knowledge Gaps and Flat Earth as a Metaphor01:45:00 - Synesthesia, Music, and Human Perception01:52:24 - The Intersection of Software and Hardware02:00:02 | Complexity Crisis in Modern Technology02:06:00 - Optical Computing and AI's Future02:12:08 - Philosophical Reflections on AI and Consciousness02:20:00 - The Amorphous Boundary Between Software and Hardware02:28:00 - Technology, Religion, and the Need for a New Understanding02:37:15 - Outro / Support TOE#science #sciencepodcast #ai #llm #artificialintelligence #consciousness #agi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices